CVE-2017-10971high
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.
References
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3905
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99546
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1035283
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=215f894965df5fb0bb45b107d84524e700d2073c
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=8caed4df36b1f802b4992edcfd282cbeeec35d9d
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=ba336b24052122b136486961c82deac76bbde455
Details
Source: MITRE
Published: 2017-07-06
Updated: 2017-11-04
Type: CWE-119
Risk Information
CVSS v2
Base Score: 6.5
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Impact Score: 6.4
Exploitability Score: 8
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS v3
Base Score: 8.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Impact Score: 5.9
Exploitability Score: 2.8
Severity: HIGH