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CVSSv3

CVE-2016-7943

Published: 13/12/2016 Updated: 07/11/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.5 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 10
CVSS v3 Base Score: 9.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 668
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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Vulnerability Summary

The XListFonts function in X.org libX11 prior to 1.6.4 might allow remote X servers to gain privileges via vectors involving length fields, which trigger out-of-bounds write operations.

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Debian CVElist Bug Report Logs: libx11: CVE-2016-7942 CVE-2016-7943
Debian Bug report logs - #840439 libx11: CVE-2016-7942 CVE-2016-7943 Package: src:libx11; Maintainer for src:libx11 is Debian X Strike Force <debian-x@listsdebianorg>; Reported by: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debianorg> Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2016 15:33:04 UTC Severity: important Tags: patch, security, upstream Found ...
Ubuntu Security Notice: libx11 vulnerabilities
Several security issues were fixed in libx11 ...
Ubuntu Security Notice: libx11 vulnerabilities
Several security issues were fixed in libx11 ...
Red Hat: CVE-2016-7943
The XListFonts function in Xorg libX11 before 164 might allow remote X servers to gain privileges via vectors involving length fields, which trigger out-of-bounds write operations ...

References

CWE-787http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036945https://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-2/https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libX11/commit/?id=8c29f1607a31dac0911e45a0dd3d74173822b3c9https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-03https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2016-October/002720.htmlhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/4http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/2http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93362https://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-1/https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GMCVDXMFPXR7QGMKDG22WPPJCXH2X3L7/https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=840439https://nvd.nist.govhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-2/
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