CVE-2016-7943
Published: 13 December 2016
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.
Priority
Low
CVSS 3 base score: 9.8
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
libx11 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Released
(1.6.4)
|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Released
(2:1.6.4-1)
|
|
| Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus) |
Released
(2:1.6.3-1ubuntu2.1)
|
|
| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Released
(2:1.6.2-1ubuntu2.1)
|
|
|
Patches: Upstream: https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libX11/commit/?id=8c29f1607a31dac0911e45a0dd3d74173822b3c9 |
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References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7943
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/4
- https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2016-October/002720.html
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3758-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3758-1
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian