CVE-2016-7943
CVE-2016-7943
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The XListFonts function in X.org libX11 before 1.6.4 might allow remote X servers to gain privileges via vectors involving length fields, which trigger out-of-bounds write operations.
CVSS 9.8 · Critical · EPSS 4.5% · Fix available
- Published
- Updated
Stack: system
Affected products and versions
n/a
- Versions
- n/a: Affected
No fix published
libx11 Debian:12
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 2:1.6.4-1
Update to 2:1.6.4-1
libx11 Debian:13
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 2:1.6.4-1
Update to 2:1.6.4-1
libx11 Debian:14
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 2:1.6.4-1
Update to 2:1.6.4-1
libx11 Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
- Versions
- 2:1.6.1-1ubuntu1
- 2:1.6.1-1ubuntu2
- 2:1.6.2-1ubuntu1
- 2:1.6.2-1ubuntu2
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 2:1.6.2-1ubuntu2.1
Update to 2:1.6.2-1ubuntu2.1
libx11 Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
- Versions
- 2:1.6.3-1ubuntu2
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 2:1.6.3-1ubuntu2.1
Update to 2:1.6.3-1ubuntu2.1
Original sources
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036945
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-2/
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libX11/commit/?id=8c29f1607a31dac0911e45a0dd3d74173822b3c9
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-03
- https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2016-October/002720.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93362
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-1/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GMCVDXMFPXR7QGMKDG22WPPJCXH2X3L7/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7943