CVE-2017-10971

Summary

CVECVE-2017-10971
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-07-06 11:29:00 UTC
Updated2017-11-04 01:29:00 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

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application X.org Xorg-server All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
X.Org X Server CVE-2017-10971 Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
xorg/xserver - X server (mirrored from https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver) MISC cgit.freedesktop.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3905-1 xorg-server DEBIAN www.debian.org
xorg/xserver - X server (mirrored from https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver) MISC cgit.freedesktop.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Bug 1035283 – VUL-0: CVE-2017-10971 CVE-2017-10972: xorg-x11-server: various overflows in event processor MISC bugzilla.suse.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
xorg/xserver - X server (mirrored from https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver) MISC cgit.freedesktop.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
© CVE.report 2026 |

Use of this information constitutes acceptance for use in an AS IS condition. There are NO warranties, implied or otherwise, with regard to this information or its use. Any use of this information is at the user's risk. It is the responsibility of user to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, opinion, advice or other content. EACH USER WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY consequences of his or her direct or indirect use of this web site. ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. This site will NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT or any other kind of loss.

CVE, CWE, and OVAL are registred trademarks of The MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CVE content is MITRE's CVE web site. This site includes MITRE data granted under the following license.

CVE.report and Source URL Uptime Status status.cve.report