Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU32231

#VU32231 Integer overflow in libxrandr - CVE-2016-7947

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

Vulnerability identifier: #VU32231

Vulnerability risk: High

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

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7947

CWE-ID: CWE-190

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerable software:
libxrandr

Software vendor:
xorg.freedesktop.org

Description

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

Multiple integer overflows in X.org libXrandr before 1.5.1 allow remote X servers to trigger out-of-bounds write operations via a crafted response.

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