Description
The XListFonts function in X.org libX11 before 1.6.4 might allow remote X servers to gain privileges via vectors involving length fields, which trigger out-of-bounds write operations.
Published: 2016-12-13
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: 4.4% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-684-1 libx11 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-8792 The XListFonts function in X.org libX11 before 1.6.4 might allow remote X servers to gain privileges via vectors involving length fields, which trigger out-of-bounds write operations.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3758-1 libx11 vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3758-2 libx11 vulnerabilities
History

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.03085}

epss

{'score': 0.04712}


Subscriptions

Fedoraproject Fedora
X.org Libx11
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microfocus

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:13:21.110Z

Reserved: 2016-09-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-7943

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-12-13T20:59:07.520

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

Link: CVE-2016-7943

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

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

Links: CVE-2016-7943 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses