UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7944

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7944
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7944.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7944
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Published
2016-12-13T20:59:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:50:08.770468Z
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
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

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

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / libxfixes

Package

Name
libxfixes
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxfixes@1:5.0.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:5.0.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

1:5.*

1:5.0.1-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libxfixes-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:5.0.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxfixes-dev-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1:5.0.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxfixes3",
            "binary_version": "1:5.0.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxfixes3-dbg",
            "binary_version": "1:5.0.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxfixes3-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1:5.0.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxfixes3-udeb",
            "binary_version": "1:5.0.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxfixes3-udeb-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1:5.0.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / libxfixes

Package

Name
libxfixes
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxfixes@1:5.0.3-1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:5.0.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libxfixes-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:5.0.3-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxfixes3",
            "binary_version": "1:5.0.3-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxfixes3-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1:5.0.3-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxfixes3-udeb",
            "binary_version": "1:5.0.3-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxfixes3-udeb-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1:5.0.3-1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / libxfixes

Package

Name
libxfixes
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxfixes@1:5.0.3-1?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:5.0.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libxfixes-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:5.0.3-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxfixes3",
            "binary_version": "1:5.0.3-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxfixes3-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1:5.0.3-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxfixes3-udeb",
            "binary_version": "1:5.0.3-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxfixes3-udeb-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1:5.0.3-1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}