CVE-2016-7953

9.8 CRITICAL
Published: December 13, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026
View on NVD

Description

Buffer underflow in X.org libXvMC before 1.0.10 allows remote X servers to have unspecified impact via an empty string.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/2
Source: security@opentext.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/4
Source: security@opentext.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93371
Source: security@opentext.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036945
Source: security@opentext.com
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXvMC/commit/?id=2cd95e7da8367cccdcdd5c9b160012d1dec5cbdb
Source: security@opentext.com
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DLZ3CBE3LKTSHIQYM6RKZYJ5PJ5IGTYG/
Source: security@opentext.com
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M4SI52ZOHOK6524DI2TOW4DX6HPKNFNB/
Source: security@opentext.com
https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2016-October/002720.html
Source: security@opentext.com
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-03
Source: security@opentext.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/4
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93371
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036945
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXvMC/commit/?id=2cd95e7da8367cccdcdd5c9b160012d1dec5cbdb
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DLZ3CBE3LKTSHIQYM6RKZYJ5PJ5IGTYG/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M4SI52ZOHOK6524DI2TOW4DX6HPKNFNB/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2016-October/002720.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-03
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

18 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
9.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
3.3%
87th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-119

Affected Vendors

x.org fedoraproject

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