vulnerability

Ubuntu: (CVE-2016-7952): libxtst vulnerability

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Dec 13, 2016
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Jun 26, 2025

Description

X.org libXtst before 1.2.3 allows remote X servers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a reply in the (1) XRecordStartOfData, (2) XRecordEndOfData, or (3) XRecordClientDied category without a client sequence and with attached data.

Solution(s)

no-fix-ubuntu-packageubuntu-upgrade-libxtst
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