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.

Score

CVSS 3.0 8.8 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2017-07-06

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected products

• X Server (X.org)

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3905
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99546
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1035283
• https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=215f894965df5fb0bb45b107d84524e700d2073c
• https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=8caed4df36b1f802b4992edcfd282cbeeec35d9d
• https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=ba336b24052122b136486961c82deac76bbde455