Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU32230

#VU32230 Improper access control in libxi - CVE-2016-7946

Published: December 13, 2016 / Updated: July 28, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU32230

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7946

CWE-ID: CWE-284

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerable software:
libxi

Software vendor:
xorg.freedesktop.org

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

X.org libXi before 1.7.7 allows remote X servers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via vectors involving length fields.

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