CVE-2016-7944
libxfixes - security update
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.91%
Description
Integer overflow in X.org libXfixes before 5.0.3 on 32-bit platforms might allow remote X servers to gain privileges via a length value of INT_MAX, which triggers the client to stop reading data and get out of sync.
How to fix CVE-2016-7944
To remediate CVE-2016-7944, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/libxfixes—upgrade to 5.0.1-r1 or later
- —upgrade to 1:5.0.3-1 or later
- —upgrade to 1:5.0-4+deb7u2 or later
Is CVE-2016-7944 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.9%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 5.0.1-r1
- from 0, < 1:5.0.3-1
- from 0, < 1:5.0-4+deb7u2
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 |