DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7942

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7942
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7942.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7942
Upstream
Published
2016-12-13T20:59:05Z
Modified
2025-09-30T03:54:21Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The XGetImage function in X.org libX11 before 1.6.4 might allow remote X servers to gain privileges via vectors involving image type and geometry, which triggers out-of-bounds read operations.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / libx11

Package

Name
libx11
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libx11?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:1.6.4-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:12 / libx11

Package

Name
libx11
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libx11?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:1.6.4-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:13 / libx11

Package

Name
libx11
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libx11?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:1.6.4-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:14 / libx11

Package

Name
libx11
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libx11?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:1.6.4-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}