Vulnerability Details CVE-2016-7944
Integer overflow in X.org libXfixes before 5.0.3 on 32-bit platforms might allow remote X servers to gain privileges via a length value of INT_MAX, which triggers the client to stop reading data and get out of sync.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.006
EPSS Ranking 68.7%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 9.8
CVSS v2 Score 7.5
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/93361
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036945
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXfixes/commit/?id=61c1039ee23a2d1de712843bed3480654d7ef42e
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4CE6VJWBMOWLSCH4OP4TAEPIA7NP53ON/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GE43MDCRGS4R7MRRZNVSLREHRLU5OHCV/
- https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2016-October/002720.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-03
- 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/93361
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036945
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXfixes/commit/?id=61c1039ee23a2d1de712843bed3480654d7ef42e
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4CE6VJWBMOWLSCH4OP4TAEPIA7NP53ON/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GE43MDCRGS4R7MRRZNVSLREHRLU5OHCV/
- https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2016-October/002720.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-03
Products affected by CVE-2016-7944
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cpe:2.3:a:x.org:libxfixes:4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:x.org:libxfixes:4.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:x.org:libxfixes:4.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:x.org:libxfixes:4.0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:x.org:libxfixes:4.0.4
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cpe:2.3:a:x.org:libxfixes:4.0.5
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cpe:2.3:a:x.org:libxfixes:5.0
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cpe:2.3:a:x.org:libxfixes:5.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:x.org:libxfixes:5.0.2
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cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24
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cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:25