CVE-2016-1578 Affecting oxide-qt package, versions <1.14.7-0ubuntu0.15.10.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.75% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1510-OXIDEQT-396803
  • published13 May 2016
  • disclosed13 May 2016

Introduced: 13 May 2016

CVE-2016-1578  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:15.10 oxide-qt to version 1.14.7-0ubuntu0.15.10.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream oxide-qt package and not the oxide-qt package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:15.10 relevant fixed versions and status.

Use-after-free vulnerability in Oxide allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, related to responding synchronously to permission requests.