UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7945

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7945

    Published: 13 Dec 2016Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-7945
    Aliases:
    USN-5646-1

    Summary:

    Details: Multiple integer overflows in X.org libXi before 1.7.7 allow remote X servers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds memory access or infinite loop) via vectors involving length fields.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7945, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/4, https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2016-October/002720.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5646-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7945

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libxi

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxi@2:1.7.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2:1.7.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

    Affected versions

    2:1.7.4-1
    2:1.7.5-1
    2:1.7.6-1

    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