CVE-2016-7942 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Fedoraproject	Fedora
X.org	Libx11

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:x.org:libx11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/4
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93363
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036945
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libX11/commit/?id=8ea762f94f4c942d898fdeb590a1630c83235c17
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GMCVDXMFPXR7QGMKDG22WPPJCXH2X3L7/
https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2016-October/002720.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7942
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-03
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-2/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7942

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microfocus

Published: 2016-12-13T20:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:13:21.749Z

Reserved: 2016-09-09T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-7942

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-12-13T20:59:05.957

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-7942

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-09-25T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-7942 - Bugzilla

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