CVE-2016-7944
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7944
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-7944.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-7944
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2016-12-13T20:59:08.893Z
- Modified
- 2025-11-14T04:50:48.367418Z
- Severity
-
- 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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Integer overflow in X.org libXfixes before 5.0.3 on 32-bit platforms might allow remote X servers to gain privileges via a length value of INT_MAX, which triggers the client to stop reading data and get out of sync.
- References
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- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93361
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036945
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXfixes/commit/?id=61c1039ee23a2d1de712843bed3480654d7ef42e
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4CE6VJWBMOWLSCH4OP4TAEPIA7NP53ON/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GE43MDCRGS4R7MRRZNVSLREHRLU5OHCV/
- https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2016-October/002720.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-03
Affected packages
Git / gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXfixes
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXfixes
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affected
Affected versions
Other
MODULAR_COPY
XORG-6_7_99_1
XORG-6_7_99_2
XORG-6_7_99_901
XORG-6_7_99_902
XORG-6_7_99_903
XORG-6_7_99_904
XORG-6_8_0
XORG-6_8_1
XORG-6_8_1_901
XORG-6_8_1_902
XORG-6_8_1_903
XORG-6_8_1_904
XORG-6_8_2
XORG-6_8_99_1
XORG-6_8_99_10
XORG-6_8_99_11
XORG-6_8_99_12
XORG-6_8_99_13
XORG-6_8_99_14
XORG-6_8_99_15
XORG-6_8_99_16
XORG-6_8_99_2
XORG-6_8_99_3
XORG-6_8_99_4
XORG-6_8_99_5
XORG-6_8_99_6
XORG-6_8_99_7
XORG-6_8_99_8
XORG-6_8_99_9
XORG-6_8_99_900
XORG-6_8_99_901
XORG-6_8_99_902
XORG-6_8_99_903
XORG-6_99_99_900
XORG-6_99_99_901
XORG-6_99_99_902
XORG-6_99_99_903
XORG-6_99_99_904
XORG-7_0
XORG-7_0_99_901
XORG-7_1
lg3d-base
lg3d-rel-0-6-2
lg3d-rel-0-7-0
libXfixes-4_0
libXfixes-4_0_1
rel-0-6-1
sco_port_update-base
libXfixes-4.*
libXfixes-4.0.2
libXfixes-4.0.3
libXfixes-4.0.4
libXfixes-4.0.5
libXfixes-5.*
libXfixes-5.0
libXfixes-5.0.1
libXfixes-5.0.2