Description
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.
Published: 2016-12-13
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: 2.1% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-667-1 libxv security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-6352 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5449-1 libXv vulnerability
History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.02752}

epss

{'score': 0.02123}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:00:59.993Z

Reserved: 2016-06-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-5407

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-12-13T20:59:01.923

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-5407

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-09-25T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-5407 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses