PT-2016-7438 · X.Org+3 · Libxi+3

Tobias Stoeckmann · Published 2016-10-12 · Updated 2022-09-28 · CVE-2016-7945

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions X.org libXi versions prior to 1.7.7

Description The issue involves multiple integer overflows that can be exploited by remote X servers, leading to a denial of service. This can result in out-of-bounds memory access or an infinite loop, specifically through vectors involving length fields.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.7.7, update to version 1.7.7 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

Integer Overflow

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-190

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-1028

CVE-2016-7945

DLA-685-1

MGASA-2018-0011

SUSE-SU-2016:2505-1

SUSE-SU-2016:2828-1

SUSE-SU-2016:3047-1

SUSE-SU-2016:3189-1

SUSE-SU-2016_3047-1

SUSE-SU-2016_3189-1

USN-5646-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Suse

Ubuntu

Libxi

References · 66

• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7945 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0011.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-7945 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2016-7945 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2018-1028 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7946 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:2828-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-03 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KVTZ2XLPKLASQUIQA2GMKKAUOQIUMM7I · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7945 · Security Note
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/C3NTWIWSQ575GREBVAOUQUIMDL5CDVGP · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2018-0011 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7945 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:3047-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-5646-1 · Vendor Advisory