CVE-2016-7943 (GCVE-0-2016-7943)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-12-13 20:00
Modified
2024-08-06 02:13
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
References
security@opentext.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/2
security@opentext.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/4
security@opentext.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93362
security@opentext.com http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036945
security@opentext.com https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libX11/commit/?id=8c29f1607a31dac0911e45a0dd3d74173822b3c9
security@opentext.com https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GMCVDXMFPXR7QGMKDG22WPPJCXH2X3L7/
security@opentext.com https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2016-October/002720.html
security@opentext.com https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-03
security@opentext.com https://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-1/
security@opentext.com https://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-2/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/4
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93362
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036945
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libX11/commit/?id=8c29f1607a31dac0911e45a0dd3d74173822b3c9
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GMCVDXMFPXR7QGMKDG22WPPJCXH2X3L7/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2016-October/002720.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-03
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-1/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-2/
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