UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7944

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7944
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7944.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7944
Related
Published
2016-12-13T20:59:00Z
Modified
2024-11-20T12:17:01Z
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

Integer overflow in X.org libXfixes before 5.0.3 on 32-bit platforms might allow remote X servers to gain privileges via a length value of INT_MAX, which triggers the client to stop reading data and get out of sync.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / libxfixes

Package

Name
libxfixes
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxfixes?arch=src?distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:5.0.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

1:5.*

1:5.0.1-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "ubuntu_priority": "low",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.0.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libxfixes-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.0.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libxfixes-dev-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.0.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libxfixes3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.0.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libxfixes3-dbg"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.0.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libxfixes3-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.0.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libxfixes3-udeb"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.0.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libxfixes3-udeb-dbgsym"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / libxfixes

Package

Name
libxfixes
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxfixes?arch=src?distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:5.0.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "ubuntu_priority": "low",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.0.3-1",
            "binary_name": "libxfixes-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.0.3-1",
            "binary_name": "libxfixes3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.0.3-1",
            "binary_name": "libxfixes3-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.0.3-1",
            "binary_name": "libxfixes3-udeb"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.0.3-1",
            "binary_name": "libxfixes3-udeb-dbgsym"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / libxfixes

Package

Name
libxfixes
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxfixes?arch=src?distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:5.0.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "ubuntu_priority": "low",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.0.3-1",
            "binary_name": "libxfixes-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.0.3-1",
            "binary_name": "libxfixes3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.0.3-1",
            "binary_name": "libxfixes3-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.0.3-1",
            "binary_name": "libxfixes3-udeb"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.0.3-1",
            "binary_name": "libxfixes3-udeb-dbgsym"
        }
    ]
}