CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-7946
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-12-13
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-284
Description
X.org libXi before 1.7.7 allows remote X servers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via vectors involving length fields.
Affected configurations
• x.org libxi (<= 1.7.6)
• fedoraproject fedora 24
• fedoraproject fedora 25
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-284 Improper Access Control weakness
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/2 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/4 www.openwall.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93374 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036945 www.securitytracker.com
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXi/commit/?id=19a9cd607de73947fcfb104682f203ffe4e1f4e5 cgit.freedesktop.org
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/C3NTWIWSQ575GREBVAOUQUIMDL5CDVGP/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KVTZ2XLPKLASQUIQA2GMKKAUOQIUMM7I/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2016-October/002720.html lists.x.org
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-03 security.gentoo.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/2 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/4 www.openwall.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93374 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036945 www.securitytracker.com
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXi/commit/?id=19a9cd607de73947fcfb104682f203ffe4e1f4e5 cgit.freedesktop.org
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/C3NTWIWSQ575GREBVAOUQUIMDL5CDVGP/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KVTZ2XLPKLASQUIQA2GMKKAUOQIUMM7I/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2016-October/002720.html lists.x.org
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-03 security.gentoo.org