CVE-2017-10971

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

In the X.Org X server before 2017-06-19, a user authenticated to an X Session could crash or execute code in the context of the X Server by exploiting a stack overflow in the endianness conversion of X Events.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 8.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3905
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99546Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1035283Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=215f894965df5fb0bb45b107d84524e700d2073cMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=8caed4df36b1f802b4992edcfd282cbeeec35d9dMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=ba336b24052122b136486961c82deac76bbde455Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3905
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99546Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1035283Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=215f894965df5fb0bb45b107d84524e700d2073cMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=8caed4df36b1f802b4992edcfd282cbeeec35d9dMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=ba336b24052122b136486961c82deac76bbde455Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jul 6, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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