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.
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T17:57:56.738Z
Reserved: 2017-07-06T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2017-10971

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2017-07-06T11:29:00.243
Modified: 2025-08-29T13:42:30.557
Link: CVE-2017-10971


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