VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-2626
It was discovered that libICE before 1.0.9-8 used a weak entropy to generate keys.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.46%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.46%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
It was discovered that libICE before 1.0.9-8 used a weak entropy to generate keys. A local attacker could potentially use this flaw for session hijacking using the information available from the process list.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.46% probability · 40th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-331
- Affected
- freedesktop/libice · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux server aus · redhat/enterprise linux server eus · redhat/enterprise linux workstation
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 0.5% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/07/14/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96480Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037919Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1865Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2626Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libICE/commit/?id=ff5e59f32255913bb1cdf51441b98c9107ae165bPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00022.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-03Third Party Advisory
- https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2017-001-xorg/Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/07/14/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96480Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037919Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1865Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2626Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libICE/commit/?id=ff5e59f32255913bb1cdf51441b98c9107ae165bPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00022.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-03Third Party Advisory
- https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2017-001-xorg/Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.