SB2016100554 - Fedora 23 update for libXrender

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SB2016100554 - Fedora 23 update for libXrender

Published: October 5, 2016 Updated: April 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2016100554
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7949)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Multiple buffer overflows in the (1) XvQueryAdaptors and (2) XvQueryEncodings functions in X.org libXrender before 0.9.10 allow remote X servers to trigger out-of-bounds write operations via vectors involving length fields.


2) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7950)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

The XRenderQueryFilters function in X.org libXrender before 0.9.10 allows remote X servers to trigger out-of-bounds write operations via vectors involving filter name lengths.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References