High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Jul 6, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026

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 products

Xorg/Xserver
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=1.19.3

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/99546nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3905nvd

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