ghsa-c782-x8r3-24r4
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-17 03:21
Modified
2025-04-12 13:07
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details

X.org libXtst before 1.2.3 allows remote X servers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a reply in the (1) XRecordStartOfData, (2) XRecordEndOfData, or (3) XRecordClientDied category without a client sequence and with attached data.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2016-7952"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-20"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2016-12-13T20:59:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "X.org libXtst before 1.2.3 allows remote X servers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a reply in the (1) XRecordStartOfData, (2) XRecordEndOfData, or (3) XRecordClientDied category without a client sequence and with attached data.",
  "id": "GHSA-c782-x8r3-24r4",
  "modified": "2025-04-12T13:07:18Z",
  "published": "2022-05-17T03:21:41Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7952"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXtst/commit/?id=9556ad67af3129ec4a7a4f4b54a0d59701beeae3"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AFLHX7WNEUXXDAGR324T35L5P6RRR7GE"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RVEUZRHYY3AJEKMFQ4DS7DX3Y2AICFP7"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AFLHX7WNEUXXDAGR324T35L5P6RRR7GE"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RVEUZRHYY3AJEKMFQ4DS7DX3Y2AICFP7"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2016-October/002720.html"
    },
    {
      "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/93375"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036945"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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