VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-10971

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.

HIGH 8.8EPSS 3.88%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.88%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

CVSS 3.0: 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 3.88% probability · 90th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-119
Affected: x.org/x server
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3905
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99546Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1035283Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=215f894965df5fb0bb45b107d84524e700d2073cMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=8caed4df36b1f802b4992edcfd282cbeeec35d9dMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=ba336b24052122b136486961c82deac76bbde455Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3905
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99546Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1035283Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=215f894965df5fb0bb45b107d84524e700d2073cMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=8caed4df36b1f802b4992edcfd282cbeeec35d9dMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=ba336b24052122b136486961c82deac76bbde455Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.