CVE-2016-7946

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5
Description
X.org libXi before 1.7.7 allows remote X servers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via vectors involving length fields.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-7946
  • Assigner
  • meissner@suse.de
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-12-13T20:59:11
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-07-01T01:30:09
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-284 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/284.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:x.org:libxi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.7.6
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:25:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036945 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/C3NTWIWSQ575GREBVAOUQUIMDL5CDVGP/ Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KVTZ2XLPKLASQUIQA2GMKKAUOQIUMM7I/ Third Party Advisory
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXi/commit/?id=19a9cd607de73947fcfb104682f203ffe4e1f4e5 Issue Tracking Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/2 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/4 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2016-October/002720.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93374 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-03
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7946
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7946
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:40:15 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 12:24:17 security@suse.com meissner@suse.de CVE Assigner updated
2022-12-02 12:24:17 2016-12-13T20:59Z 2016-12-13T20:59:11 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 12:24:17 2017-07-01T01:30:09 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 12:24:18 Modified Vulnerability Status updated