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Critical
CVE-2016-7949
Multiple buffer overflows in the (1) XvQueryAdaptors and (2) XvQueryEncodings...
Vulnerability Description
Multiple buffer overflows in the (1) XvQueryAdaptors and (2) XvQueryEncodings functions in X.org libXrender before 0.9.10 allow remote X servers to trigger out-of-bounds write operations via vectors involving length fields.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036945
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-03
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXrender/commit/?id=9362c7ddd1af3b168953d0737877bc52d79c94f4
- https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2016-October/002720.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93366
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZHUT5YOSWVMBJNWZGUQNZRBFIZKRM4A6/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/4
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7WCKZFMZ76APAVMIRCUKKHEB4GAS7ZUP/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/2
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Affected Vendor
x.org
View all reports →Affected Software
libxrender, fedora
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 24, 25
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 13th, 2016
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.