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CVE-2016-7946

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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.

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-03

https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2016-October/002720.html

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KVTZ2XLPKLASQUIQA2GMKKAUOQIUMM7I/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/C3NTWIWSQ575GREBVAOUQUIMDL5CDVGP/

https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXi/commit/?id=19a9cd607de73947fcfb104682f203ffe4e1f4e5

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036945

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93374

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/4

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-12-13

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00392

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