CVE-2017-10971

Published: Jul 6, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

8.8

Vector

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

Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (1)

Products: X.org: X Server

X.org

1 product

X Server

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
X.org X Server	Up to 1.19.3

Related CWEs

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (12)

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3905

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99546

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1035283

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory

https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=215f894965df5fb0bb45b107d84524e700d2073c

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=8caed4df36b1f802b4992edcfd282cbeeec35d9d

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=ba336b24052122b136486961c82deac76bbde455

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3905