UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7946

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7946
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7946.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7946
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Published
2016-12-13T20:59:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:50:08.834177Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

X.org libXi before 1.7.7 allows remote X servers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via vectors involving length fields.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / libxi

Package

Name
libxi
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxi@2:1.7.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:1.7.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

2:1.*

2:1.7.4-1
2:1.7.5-1
2:1.7.6-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libxi-dev",
            "binary_version": "2:1.7.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxi-dev-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2:1.7.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxi6",
            "binary_version": "2:1.7.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxi6-dbg",
            "binary_version": "2:1.7.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxi6-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2:1.7.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxi6-udeb",
            "binary_version": "2:1.7.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxi6-udeb-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2:1.7.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        }
    ]
}