PT-2016-7437 · X.Org+3 · Libxfixes+3

Tobias Stoeckmann · Published 2016-10-12 · Updated 2022-05-23 · CVE-2016-7944

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libXfixes versions prior to 5.0.3

Description The issue is related to an integer overflow that might allow remote X servers to gain privileges. This occurs when a length value of INT MAX is provided, causing the client to stop reading data and get out of sync.

Recommendations For versions prior to 5.0.3, update to version 5.0.3 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Integer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

CWE-190

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-2632

CVE-2016-7944

DLA-654-1

MGASA-2018-0011

SUSE-SU-2016:2505-1

SUSE-SU-2016:2828-1

SUSE-SU-2016:3172-1

SUSE-SU-2016_3172-1

USN-5437-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Suse

Ubuntu

Libxfixes

References · 55

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-5437-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GE43MDCRGS4R7MRRZNVSLREHRLU5OHCV · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0011.html · Security Note
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2018-2632 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7944 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2016-7944 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7944 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5437-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7944 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:2828-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-03 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7944 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-7944 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7944 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4CE6VJWBMOWLSCH4OP4TAEPIA7NP53ON · Vendor Advisory