CVE-2016-7946

high

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

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/93374

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

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

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/C3NTWIWSQ575GREBVAOUQUIMDL5CDVGP/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/KVTZ2XLPKLASQUIQA2GMKKAUOQIUMM7I/

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

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

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2016-12-13

Updated: 2017-07-01

Type: CWE-284

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

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

Impact Score: 2.9

Exploitability Score: 10

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

Impact Score: 3.6

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Severity: HIGH