Ubuntu.comUB:CVE-2016-7944CVE-2016-7944
9.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.5 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.009 Low
EPSS
Percentile
82.6%
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.
Bugs
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| msalvatore | patch released in 1:5.0.1-2+deb8u1 |
| OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | 18.04 | noarch | libxfixes | < 1:5.0.3-1 | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 18.10 | noarch | libxfixes | < 1:5.0.3-1 | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 19.04 | noarch | libxfixes | < 1:5.0.3-1 | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 19.10 | noarch | libxfixes | < 1:5.0.3-1 | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 20.04 | noarch | libxfixes | < 1:5.0.3-1 | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 20.10 | noarch | libxfixes | < 1:5.0.3-1 | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 21.04 | noarch | libxfixes | < 1:5.0.3-1 | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 21.10 | noarch | libxfixes | < 1:5.0.3-1 | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 22.04 | noarch | libxfixes | < 1:5.0.3-1 | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 16.04 | noarch | libxfixes | < 1:5.0.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1) Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only | UNKNOWN |
References
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/4
launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2016-7944
lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2016-October/002720.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7944
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7944
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5437-1
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7944
Related
9.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.5 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.009 Low
EPSS
Percentile
82.6%