Out-of-Bounds Affecting xorg-server package, versions <2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.3


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.62% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-XORGSERVER-327007
  • published6 Jul 2017
  • disclosed6 Jul 2017

Introduced: 6 Jul 2017

CVE-2017-10971  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 xorg-server to version 2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream xorg-server package and not the xorg-server package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.