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CVE-2016-7942

Published: Dec 13, 2016 | Modified: Nov 07, 2023
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
2.9 LOW
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V3
3.1 LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Ubuntu
LOW
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7942
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

The XGetImage function in X.org libX11 before 1.6.4 might allow remote X servers to gain privileges via vectors involving image type and geometry, which triggers out-of-bounds read operations.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Fedora Fedoraproject 25 (including) 25 (including)
Libx11 Ubuntu artful *
Libx11 Ubuntu bionic *
Libx11 Ubuntu devel *
Libx11 Ubuntu precise *
Libx11 Ubuntu trusty *
Libx11 Ubuntu upstream *
Libx11 Ubuntu vivid/stable-phone-overlay *
Libx11 Ubuntu xenial *
Libx11 Ubuntu yakkety *
Libx11 Ubuntu zesty *

References

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