ghsa-22xc-96jv-r6q2
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-14 02:59
Modified
2025-04-12 13:07
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details

The XGetImage function in X.org libX11 before 1.6.4 might allow remote X servers to gain privileges via vectors involving image type and geometry, which triggers out-of-bounds read operations.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2016-7942"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2016-12-13T20:59:00Z",
    "severity": "CRITICAL"
  },
  "details": "The XGetImage function in X.org libX11 before 1.6.4 might allow remote X servers to gain privileges via vectors involving image type and geometry, which triggers out-of-bounds read operations.",
  "id": "GHSA-22xc-96jv-r6q2",
  "modified": "2025-04-12T13:07:17Z",
  "published": "2022-05-14T02:59:58Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7942"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libX11/commit/?id=8ea762f94f4c942d898fdeb590a1630c83235c17"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GMCVDXMFPXR7QGMKDG22WPPJCXH2X3L7"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GMCVDXMFPXR7QGMKDG22WPPJCXH2X3L7"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2016-October/002720.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-03"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/4"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93363"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036945"
    }
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  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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