CVE-2017-10971
CVSS V2 Medium 6.5
CVSS V3 High 8.8
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.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2017-10971
- Assigner
- cve@mitre.org
- Vulnerability Status
- Modified
- Published Version
- 2017-07-06T11:29:00
- Last Modified Date
- 2017-11-04T01:29:32
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | 1.19.3 |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Access Vector
- NETWORK
- Access Compatibility
- LOW
- Authentication
- SINGLE
- Confidentiality Impact
- PARTIAL
- Integrity Impact
- PARTIAL
- Availability Impact
- PARTIAL
- Base Score
- 6.5
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 8
- Impact Score
- 6.4
CVSS Version 3
- Version
- 3.0
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Attack Compatibility
- LOW
- Privileges Required
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- HIGH
- Availability Impact
- HIGH
- Base Score
- 8.8
- Base Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitability Score
- 2.8
- Impact Score
- 5.9
References
| Reference URL | Reference Tags |
|---|---|
| https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=ba336b24052122b136486961c82deac76bbde455 | 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=215f894965df5fb0bb45b107d84524e700d2073c | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1035283 | Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99546 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3905 |
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10971 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-10971 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 08:12:19 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-02 18:24:43 | 2017-07-06T11:29Z | 2017-07-06T11:29:00 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-02 18:24:43 | 2017-11-04T01:29:32 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-02 18:24:43 | Modified | Vulnerability Status | updated |