CVE-2017-2626

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-2626 describes a weak entropy issue in libICE versions prior to 1.0.9-8, affecting freedesktop and Red Hat products. This vulnerability allows a local attacker to potentially hijack user sessions by exploiting predictable key generation and information from the process list. Rated 5.5 MEDIUM, it requires local access with low attack complexity, posing a high confidentiality risk. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		<= 1.0.9CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:libice::::::::
		7.0CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:::::::*
		7.0CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:::::::*
		7.4CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.4:::::::*
		7.4CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.4:::::::*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.2MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

LOW

Exploitability Score

2.0

Impact Score

2.7

CvssVersion

3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

0.46%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

37.4%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-27

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0046 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 15,938 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (36)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libdrm-0:2.4.74-1.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libepoxy-0:1.3.1-1.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libevdev-0:1.5.6-1.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libfontenc-0:1.1.3-3.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libICE-0:1.0.9-9.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libinput-0:1.6.3-2.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libvdpau-0:1.1.1-3.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libwacom-0:0.24-1.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libX11-0:1.6.5-1.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libXaw-0:1.0.13-4.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libxcb-0:1.12-1.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libXcursor-0:1.1.14-8.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libXdmcp-0:1.1.2-6.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libXfixes-0:5.0.3-1.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libXfont-0:1.5.2-1.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libXfont2-0:2.0.1-2.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libXi-0:1.7.9-1.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libxkbcommon-0:0.7.1-1.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libxkbfile-0:1.0.9-3.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libXpm-0:3.5.12-1.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libXrandr-0:1.5.1-2.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libXrender-0:0.9.10-1.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libXt-0:1.1.5-3.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libXtst-0:1.2.3-1.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libXv-0:1.0.11-1.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libXvMC-0:1.0.10-1.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libXxf86vm-0:1.1.4-1.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: mesa-0:17.0.1-6.20170307.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: mesa-private-llvm-0:3.9.1-3.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: vulkan-0:1.0.39.1-2.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: xcb-proto-0:1.12-2.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: xkeyboard-config-0:2.20-1.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: xorg-x11-proto-devel-0:7.7-20.el7

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: libICE

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libICE

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-2626Low

libICE: weak entropy usage in session keys

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:1865

Third Party Advisory

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi

Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

cgit.freedesktop.org / xorg/lib/libICE/commit

PatchVendor Advisory

lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00022.html

security.gentoo.org / glsa/201704-03

Third Party Advisory

x41-dsec.de / lab/advisories/x41-2017-001-xorg

MitigationThird Party Advisory

openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2019/07/14/3

securityfocus.com / bid/96480

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

securitytracker.com / id/1037919

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry