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CVE-2017-10971

Published: 6 July 2017

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.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
xorg
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected [code not present])
upstream Needs triage

xenial Not vulnerable
(code not present)
yakkety Not vulnerable
(code not present)
zesty Not vulnerable
(code not present)
xorg-hwe-16.04
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Not vulnerable
(code not present)
yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

xorg-server
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
trusty
Released (2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.9)
upstream Needs triage

xenial
Released (2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.3)
yakkety Ignored
(end of life)
zesty
Released (2:1.19.3-1ubuntu1.1)
Patches:
upstream: https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=ba336b24052122b136486961c82deac76bbde455
upstream: https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=8caed4df36b1f802b4992edcfd282cbeeec35d9d
upstream: https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=215f894965df5fb0bb45b107d84524e700d2073c
xorg-server-hwe-16.04
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial
Released (2:1.18.4-1ubuntu6.1~16.04.2)
yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

xorg-server-lts-utopic
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was ignored [end of life])
upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

xorg-server-lts-vivid
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was ignored [end of life])
upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

xorg-server-lts-wily
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was ignored [end of life])
upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

xorg-server-lts-xenial
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
trusty
Released (2:1.18.3-1ubuntu2.3~trusty2)
upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H