High severity · published Jul 6, 2017
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…
8.8
CVSS
3.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.9% · higher than 90% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
XS
X Server · X.org
through 1.19.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10971
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-10971
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3905
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99546
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1035283
Mailing List
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=215f894965df5fb0bb45b107d84524e700d2073c
Mailing List
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=8caed4df36b1f802b4992edcfd282cbeeec35d9d
Mailing List
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=ba336b24052122b136486961c82deac76bbde455
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