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cve: "CVE-2017-10971"
severity: "LOW"
cvss: 3.1
epss: "3.9%"
vendor: "n/a"
kev: false
exploited: false
published: "2017-07-06 11:29:00"
tags: [cve, security, low]
source: tsecurity.de CVE-Dossier
exported: "2026-09-08T16:13:54+02:00"
---

# CVE-2017-10971

> 3.1 LOW

## Beschreibung

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.

## Referenzen

- <https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=215f894965df5fb0bb45b107d84524e700d2073c>
- <http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99546>
- <http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3905>
- <https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=ba336b24052122b136486961c82deac76bbde455>
- <https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1035283>
- <https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=8caed4df36b1f802b4992edcfd282cbeeec35d9d>

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_Exportiert aus dem [tsecurity.de CVE-Dossier](https://tsecurity.de/cve?cve=CVE-2017-10971) · Datenquellen: EUVD (ENISA), NVD, OSV, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Exploit-DB, BSI BITS_