USN-5436-1

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    USN-5436-1

    Published: 23 May 2022Last Modified: 25 Jun 2026

    Summary: libxrender vulnerabilities

    Details: Tobias Stoeckmann discovered that libXrender incorrectly handled certain responses. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-7949, CVE-2016-7950)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5436-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7949, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7950

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libxrender

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxrender?arch=source&distro=esm-infra%2Fxenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:0.9.9-0ubuntu1+esm1

    Affected versions

    1:0.9.9-0ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Network
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    Privileges Required
    None
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    User Interaction
    None
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
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    Availability
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    High