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Out-of-Bounds Affecting xorg-server package, versions <2:1.19.2-1+deb9u1

0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 2.62% (91st percentile)
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NVD
8.8 high
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Red Hat
4.7 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN9-XORGSERVER-327004
  • published 6 Jul 2017
  • disclosed 6 Jul 2017
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Introduced: 6 Jul 2017

CVE-2017-10971 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-119 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 xorg-server to version 2:1.19.2-1+deb9u1 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 Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 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.