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.
References
Link | Resource |
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http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3905 | |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99546 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1035283 | Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory |
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=215f894965df5fb0bb45b107d84524e700d2073c | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=8caed4df36b1f802b4992edcfd282cbeeec35d9d | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=ba336b24052122b136486961c82deac76bbde455 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
Configurations
History
No history.
Information
Published : 2017-07-06 11:29
Updated : 2024-02-04 19:29
NVD link : CVE-2017-10971
Mitre link : CVE-2017-10971
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-10971
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Products Affected
x.org
- xorg-server
CWE
CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer