UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7952

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7952
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7952.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7952
Upstream
Published
2016-12-13T20:59:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:35:07.717270Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / libxtst

Package

Name
libxtst
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxtst@2:1.2.2-1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2:1.*

2:1.2.2-1

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / libxtst

Package

Name
libxtst
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxtst@2:1.2.3-1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:1.2.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libxtst-dev",
            "binary_version": "2:1.2.3-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxtst-doc",
            "binary_version": "2:1.2.3-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxtst6",
            "binary_version": "2:1.2.3-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxtst6-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2:1.2.3-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxtst6-udeb",
            "binary_version": "2:1.2.3-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxtst6-udeb-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2:1.2.3-1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / libxtst

Package

Name
libxtst
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxtst@2:1.2.3-1?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:1.2.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libxtst-dev",
            "binary_version": "2:1.2.3-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxtst-doc",
            "binary_version": "2:1.2.3-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxtst6",
            "binary_version": "2:1.2.3-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxtst6-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2:1.2.3-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxtst6-udeb",
            "binary_version": "2:1.2.3-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxtst6-udeb-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2:1.2.3-1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}