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.
History

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared X.org x Server
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products X.org xorg-server
X.org x Server

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.02069}

epss

{'score': 0.02013}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T17:57:56.738Z

Reserved: 2017-07-06T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-10971

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-07-06T11:29:00.243

Modified: 2025-08-29T13:42:30.557

Link: CVE-2017-10971

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-06-19T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-10971 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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