vulnerability
Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-7949: X.Org: Multiple vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Dec 13, 2016 | Oct 30, 2017 | Mar 31, 2026 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Dec 13, 2016
Added
Oct 30, 2017
Modified
Mar 31, 2026
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in the (1) XvQueryAdaptors and (2) XvQueryEncodings functions in X.org libXrender before 0.9.10 allow remote X servers to trigger out-of-bounds write operations via vectors involving length fields.
Solutions
gentoo-linux-upgrade-x11-base-xorg-servergentoo-linux-upgrade-x11-libs-libicegentoo-linux-upgrade-x11-libs-libxdmcpgentoo-linux-upgrade-x11-libs-libxfixesgentoo-linux-upgrade-x11-libs-libxigentoo-linux-upgrade-x11-libs-libxrandrgentoo-linux-upgrade-x11-libs-libxrendergentoo-linux-upgrade-x11-libs-libxv
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