Out-of-bounds Write Affecting libxrender package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.37% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-LIBXRENDER-286032
  • published13 Dec 2016
  • disclosed13 Dec 2016

Introduced: 13 Dec 2016

CVE-2016-7950  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:14.04 libxrender.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libxrender package and not the libxrender package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.