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CVE-2016-7953 (GCVE-0-2016-7953)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-12-13 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:13

Summary

Buffer underflow in X.org libXvMC before 1.0.10 allows remote X servers to have unspecified impact via an empty string.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

Assigner

microfocus Scorecard

References

9 references

URL	Tags
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-03	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93371	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2016-O…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/4	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/2	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXvMC/com…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA

Date Public

2016-10-04 00:00

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BELL-CVE-2016-7953 (CVE-2016-7953)

Vulnerability from osv_bellsoft – Published: 2016-12-13 20:59 – Updated: 2023-11-09 15:29 – Source website

Withdrawn 2023-11-09

Summary

CVE-2016-7953 does not affect BellSoft software

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                    
                      CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

URL

Type

https://docs.bell-sw.com/security/cves/CVE-2016-7953

ADVISORY

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CNVD-2016-08882

Vulnerability from cnvd - Published: 2016-10-13

Title

X.Org libXvMC内存破坏漏洞

Description

X.Org libXvMC是X.Org基金会运作的一个X-Video Motion Compensation API专属的基于Xlib的客户端库。 X.Org libXvMC 1.0.9及之前的版本中存在内存破坏漏洞，攻击者可利用该漏洞执行任意代码，造成拒绝服务（内存损坏）。

Severity

中

Patch Name

X.Org libXvMC内存破坏漏洞的补丁

Patch Description

X.Org libXvMC是X.Org基金会运作的一个X-Video Motion Compensation API专属的基于Xlib的客户端库。X.Org libXvMC 1.0.9及之前的版本中存在内存破坏漏洞，攻击者可利用该漏洞执行任意代码，造成拒绝服务（内存损坏）。目前，厂商已经发布了安全公告及相关补丁信息，修复了此漏洞。

Formal description

目前厂商已经发布了升级补丁以修复此安全问题，详情请关注厂商主页： https://www.x.org/

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93371

Impacted products

Name
X.Org libXvMC <=1.0.9

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FKIE_CVE-2016-7953

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-12-13 20:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:53

Severity

9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

Buffer underflow in X.org libXvMC before 1.0.10 allows remote X servers to have unspecified impact via an empty string.

References

	URL	Tags
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	security@opentext.com	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/4
	security@opentext.com	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93371
	security@opentext.com	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036945
	security@opentext.com	https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXvMC/commit/?id=2cd95e7da8367cccdcdd5c9b160012d1dec5cbdb
	security@opentext.com	https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DLZ3CBE3LKTSHIQYM6RKZYJ5PJ5IGTYG/
	security@opentext.com	https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M4SI52ZOHOK6524DI2TOW4DX6HPKNFNB/
	security@opentext.com	https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2016-October/002720.html
	security@opentext.com	https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-03
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/2
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/4
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93371
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036945
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXvMC/commit/?id=2cd95e7da8367cccdcdd5c9b160012d1dec5cbdb
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DLZ3CBE3LKTSHIQYM6RKZYJ5PJ5IGTYG/
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M4SI52ZOHOK6524DI2TOW4DX6HPKNFNB/
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2016-October/002720.html
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-03

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
fedoraproject	fedora	24
fedoraproject	fedora	25
x.org	libxvmc	*

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GHSA-W6WP-2RMW-F38W

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 02:37 – Updated: 2025-04-12 13:07

Details

Buffer underflow in X.org libXvMC before 1.0.10 allows remote X servers to have unspecified impact via an empty string.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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GSD-2016-7953

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:21

Details

Buffer underflow in X.org libXvMC before 1.0.10 allows remote X servers to have unspecified impact via an empty string.

Aliases

CVE-2016-7953

Aliases

CVE-2016-7953

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SUSE-SU-2016:2505-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2016-10-12 09:36 - Updated: 2026-09-20 12:18

Summary

Security update for X Window System client libraries

Severity

Moderate

Scope

12 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2016-7953.

CVE-2016-7953

9.8 (Critical)


                
                  CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Recommended: 134 products

Open the full advisory

SUSE-SU-2016:2828-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2016-11-17 13:34 - Updated: 2026-09-20 12:19

Summary

Security update for X Window System client libraries

Severity

Moderate

Scope

12 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2016-7953.

CVE-2016-7953

9.8 (Critical)


                
                  CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Recommended: 156 products

Open the full advisory

SUSE-SU-2016:3189-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2016-12-16 17:05 - Updated: 2026-09-20 12:20

Summary

Security update for xorg-x11-libs

Severity

Moderate

Scope

7 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2016-7953.

CVE-2016-7953

9.8 (Critical)


                
                  CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Recommended: 32 products

Open the full advisory

UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7953 (CVE-2016-7953)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2016-12-13 20:59 – Updated: 2026-04-22 07:38 – Source website

Details

Buffer underflow in X.org libXvMC before 1.0.10 allows remote X servers to have unspecified impact via an empty string.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                    
                      CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)

low

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7953	REPORT
	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/4	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7953	REPORT

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