CVE-2016-7943
Severity Score
9.8
*CVSS v3
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
0
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*KEV
Decision
-
*SSVC
Descriptions
The XListFonts function in X.org libX11 before 1.6.4 might allow remote X servers to gain privileges via vectors involving length fields, which trigger out-of-bounds write operations.
La función XListFonts en X.org libX11 en versiones anteriores a 1.6.4 podría permitir a servidores remotos X obtener privilegios a través de vectores que involucran campos de longitud, que desencadena operaciones de escritura fuera de límites.
*Credits:
N/A
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* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
- Decision:-
Exploitation
Automatable
Tech. Impact
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
- 2016-09-09 CVE Reserved
- 2016-11-01 CVE Published
- 2024-05-25 EPSS Updated
- 2024-08-06 CVE Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write
CAPEC
References (10)
| URL | Tag | Source |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/2 | Mailing List |
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| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/4 | Mailing List |
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| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93362 | Vdb Entry | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036945 | Vdb Entry | |
| https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libX11/commit/?id=8c29f1607a31dac0911e45a0dd3d74173822b3c9 | X_refsource_confirm | |
| https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2016-October/002720.html | Mailing List |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|
| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GMCVDXMFPXR7QGMKDG22WPPJCXH2X3L7 | 2023-11-07 | |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-03 | 2023-11-07 | |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-1 | 2023-11-07 | |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-2 | 2023-11-07 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject" | Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" | 25 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "25" | - |
Affected
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| X.org Search vendor "X.org" | Libx11 Search vendor "X.org" for product "Libx11" | <= 1.6.3 Search vendor "X.org" for product "Libx11" and version " <= 1.6.3" | - |
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