CVE-2016-7949

Published: Dec 13, 2016Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-20

9.8CRITICAL

NVD MITRE

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAttack Vector

Network

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:NPrivileges Required

None

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:HConfidentiality

High

I:HIntegrity

High

A:HAvailability

High

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Weaknesses

CWE-20 CWE-787

Affected Products

x.org

oss-project·US

libxrenderLibraryLibrary

Operating Systems / unix-bsd

fedoraproject

oss-project·USaka fedora project

fedoraOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

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Exploitability

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques

Initial Access

Privilege Escalation

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References

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036945

securitytracker.com

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-03

security.gentoo.org

https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXrender/commit/?id=9362c7ddd1af3b168953d0737877bc52d79c94f4

cgit.freedesktop.org

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