Tobias Stoeckmann discovered that libXfixes incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
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{ "cves": [ { "id": "CVE-2016-7944", "severity": [ { "type": "CVSS_V3", "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H" }, { "type": "Ubuntu", "score": "low" } ] } ], "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS" }