CVE-2016-5407

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.

Score

CVSS 3.0 9.8 Critical

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2016-12-13

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-119, CWE-125

Affected products

• Fedora (Fedoraproject)
• Libxv (X.org)

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/2
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/4
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93368
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036945
• https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXv/commit/?id=d9da580b46a28ab497de2e94fdc7b9ff953dab17
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3IA7BLB4C3JOYVU6UASGUJ…
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AE2VJOFA3EZA566RERQB54…
• https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2016-October/002720.html
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-03