CVE-2017-10971
HIGH8.8EPSS 2.8%xorg-server - security update
Published: 7/6/2017Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2017-10971
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.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/xorg-serverfrom 0, < 2:1.19.3-2
- Debian/xorg-serverfrom 0, < 2:1.12.4-6+deb7u7
- Debian/xorg-serverfrom 0, < 2:1.16.4-1+deb8u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |