Out-of-Bounds Affecting libXv package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.52% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-LIBXV-1968006
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed25 Sept 2016

Introduced: 25 Sep 2016

CVE-2016-5407  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:6 libXv.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libXv package and not the libXv package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

The (1) XvQueryAdaptors and (2) XvQueryEncodings functions in X.org libXv before 1.0.11 allow remote X servers to trigger out-of-bounds memory access operations via vectors involving length specifications in received data.