DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7944

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7944

    Published: 13 Dec 2016Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-7944

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7944

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libxfixes

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/libxfixes?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:5.0.3-1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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