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Alpine Linux: CVE-2016-7945: libxi various flaws

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2016-7945: libxi various flaws

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
12/13/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/20/2017
Modified
11/08/2023

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-libxi

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