| Name | CVE-2017-10971 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1026-1, DSA-3905-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 867492 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| xorg-server (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2:1.16.4-1+deb8u17 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 2:1.19.2-1+deb9u9 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 2:1.19.2-1+deb9u20 | fixed |
| buster, buster (lts) | 2:1.20.4-1+deb10u15 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 2:1.20.4-1+deb10u14 | fixed |
| bullseye | 2:1.20.11-1+deb11u13 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 2:1.20.11-1+deb11u14 | fixed |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 2:21.1.7-3+deb12u8 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2:21.1.14-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=ba336b24052122b136486961c82deac76bbde455
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=8caed4df36b1f802b4992edcfd282cbeeec35d9d
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=215f894965df5fb0bb45b107d84524e700d2073c
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/07/06/6