CVE-2017-10971 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in X Server

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferCWE-121 — Stack-based Buffer Overflow10 documents8 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
2.6%
top 14.34%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
X.org Xorg-serverX.org X Server
Timeline
PublishedJul 6
Latest updateMay 17

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶Debianx.org/xorg-server< 2:1.19.3-2+3
▶Ubuntux.org/xorg-server< 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.9+1
▶NVDx.org/x_server1.19.3

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-8jfp-8hq7-6gj5: In the X↗2022-05-17
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OSV
xorg-server, xorg-server-hwe-16.04, xorg-server-lts-xenial vulnerabilities↗2017-07-24
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OSV
CVE-2017-10971: In the X↗2017-07-06
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CVEList
CVE-2017-10971: In the X↗2017-07-06
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
X.Org X server vulnerabilities↗2017-07-24
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Red Hat
xorg-x11-server: Stack overflow in the endianness conversion of X Events↗2017-06-19
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Debian
CVE-2017-10971: xorg-server - In the X.Org X server before 2017-06-19, a user authenticated to an X Session co...↗2017
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-10971 xorg-x11-server: Stack overflow in the endianness conversion of X Events↗2017-07-20
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-10971 CVE-2017-10972 xorg-x11-server: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2017-07-20
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CVE-2017-10971 — X.org X Server vulnerability | cvebase