CVE-2016-7942
CRITICAL9.8EPSS 3.2%libx11 - security update
Published: 12/13/2016Modified: 11/19/2025
Also known as:ALPINE-CVE-2016-7942DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7942
Description
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.
Affected packages (3)
- Alpine/libx11from 0, < 1.6.3-r1
- Debian/libx11from 0, < 2:1.6.4-1
- Debian/libx11from 0, < 2:1.5.0-1+deb7u3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |