UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7942

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7942
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7942.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7942
Related
Published
2016-12-13T00:00:00Z
Modified
2016-12-13T00:00:00Z
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

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / libx11

Package

Name
libx11
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libx11@2:1.6.2-1ubuntu2.1?arch=src?distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:1.6.2-1ubuntu2.1

Affected versions

2:1.*

2:1.6.1-1ubuntu1
2:1.6.1-1ubuntu2
2:1.6.2-1ubuntu1
2:1.6.2-1ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "ubuntu_priority": "low",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "libx11-6-udeb": "2:1.6.2-1ubuntu2.1",
            "libx11-6-dbg": "2:1.6.2-1ubuntu2.1",
            "libx11-xcb1-dbg": "2:1.6.2-1ubuntu2.1",
            "libx11-xcb-dev": "2:1.6.2-1ubuntu2.1",
            "libx11-xcb1": "2:1.6.2-1ubuntu2.1",
            "libx11-doc": "2:1.6.2-1ubuntu2.1",
            "libx11-6-udeb-dbgsym": "2:1.6.2-1ubuntu2.1",
            "libx11-xcb-dev-dbgsym": "2:1.6.2-1ubuntu2.1",
            "libx11-6-dbgsym": "2:1.6.2-1ubuntu2.1",
            "libx11-dev": "2:1.6.2-1ubuntu2.1",
            "libx11-xcb1-dbgsym": "2:1.6.2-1ubuntu2.1",
            "libx11-dev-dbgsym": "2:1.6.2-1ubuntu2.1",
            "libx11-6": "2:1.6.2-1ubuntu2.1",
            "libx11-data": "2:1.6.2-1ubuntu2.1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / libx11

Package

Name
libx11
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libx11@2:1.6.3-1ubuntu2.1?arch=src?distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:1.6.3-1ubuntu2.1

Affected versions

2:1.*

2:1.6.3-1ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "ubuntu_priority": "low",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "libx11-6-udeb": "2:1.6.3-1ubuntu2.1",
            "libx11-6-dbg": "2:1.6.3-1ubuntu2.1",
            "libx11-xcb1-dbg": "2:1.6.3-1ubuntu2.1",
            "libx11-xcb-dev": "2:1.6.3-1ubuntu2.1",
            "libx11-xcb1": "2:1.6.3-1ubuntu2.1",
            "libx11-doc": "2:1.6.3-1ubuntu2.1",
            "libx11-6-udeb-dbgsym": "2:1.6.3-1ubuntu2.1",
            "libx11-xcb-dev-dbgsym": "2:1.6.3-1ubuntu2.1",
            "libx11-6-dbgsym": "2:1.6.3-1ubuntu2.1",
            "libx11-dev": "2:1.6.3-1ubuntu2.1",
            "libx11-xcb1-dbgsym": "2:1.6.3-1ubuntu2.1",
            "libx11-dev-dbgsym": "2:1.6.3-1ubuntu2.1",
            "libx11-6": "2:1.6.3-1ubuntu2.1",
            "libx11-data": "2:1.6.3-1ubuntu2.1"
        }
    ]
}