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CVE-2017-10971

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.

Published

2017-07-06T11:29:00.243

Last Modified

2025-08-29T13:42:30.557

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 8.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-119

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	x.org	x_server	≤ 1.19.3	Yes

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3905 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99546 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1035283 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=215f894965df5fb0bb45b107d84524e700d2073c Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=8caed4df36b1f802b4992edcfd282cbeeec35d9d Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=ba336b24052122b136486961c82deac76bbde455 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3905 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99546 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1035283 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=215f894965df5fb0bb45b107d84524e700d2073c Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=8caed4df36b1f802b4992edcfd282cbeeec35d9d Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=ba336b24052122b136486961c82deac76bbde455 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)