vulnerability

Ubuntu: USN-5646-1 (CVE-2016-7946): libXi vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Dec 13, 2016
Added
Sep 29, 2022
Modified
Mar 27, 2026

Description

X.org libXi before 1.7.7 allows remote X servers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via vectors involving length fields.

Solution

ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libxi6
Title
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