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    CVE-2016-7943

    The XListFonts function in X.org libX11 before 1.6.4 might allow remote X servers to gain privileges via vectors involving length fields, which trigger out-of-bounds write operations.

    Published:Sep 25, 2016
    Last Modified:Apr 12, 2025
    EPS:Dec 13, 2016
    EPSS Score:0.04712
    CVSS Score:9.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Fedoraproject
    Product
    Fedora
    Vendor
    X.org
    Product
    Libx11

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/2
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/4
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93362
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036945
    https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libX11/commit/?id=8c29f1607a31dac0911e45a0dd3d74173822b3c9
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GMCVDXMFPXR7QGMKDG22WPPJCXH2X3L7/
    https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2016-October/002720.html
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-03
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-1/
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-2/
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/2
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/4
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93362
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036945
    https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libX11/commit/?id=8c29f1607a31dac0911e45a0dd3d74173822b3c9
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GMCVDXMFPXR7QGMKDG22WPPJCXH2X3L7/
    https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2016-October/002720.html
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-03
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-1/
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/3758-2/

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