CVE-2016-7943
N/A
Published: December 13, 2016 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:53 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsFedoraLIBX11
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
Description
The XListFonts function in X.org libX11 before 1.6.4 might allow remote X servers to gain privileges via vectors involving length fields, which trigger out-of-bounds write operations.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
95%
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (10)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/2Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/4Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GMCVDXMFPXR7QGMKDG22WPPJCXH2X3L7/Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2016-October/002720.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-03Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787
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