cve-2016-7942
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-12-13 20:00
Modified
2024-08-06 02:13
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
The XGetImage function in X.org libX11 before 1.6.4 might allow remote X servers to gain privileges via vectors involving image type and geometry, which triggers out-of-bounds read operations.
References
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