CVE-2017-10971

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-10971
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-07-06 11:29:00 UTC
Updated2025-08-29 13:42:30 UTC
DescriptionIn 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 8.8 HIGH from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary8.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary6.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application X.org X Server All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 1035283 – VUL-0: CVE-2017-10971 CVE-2017-10972: xorg-x11-server: various overflows in event processor af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.suse.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
xorg/xserver - X server (mirrored from https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 cgit.freedesktop.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
xorg/xserver - X server (mirrored from https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 cgit.freedesktop.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
X.Org X Server CVE-2017-10971 Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
xorg/xserver - X server (mirrored from https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 cgit.freedesktop.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3905-1 xorg-server af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
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