Description
X.org libXrandr before 1.5.1 allows remote X servers to trigger out-of-bounds write operations by leveraging mishandling of reply data.
Published: 2016-12-13
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: 3.2% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-660-1 libxrandr security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-8797 X.org libXrandr before 1.5.1 allows remote X servers to trigger out-of-bounds write operations by leveraging mishandling of reply data.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5428-1 libXrandr vulnerabilities
History

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

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.03137}

epss

{'score': 0.03155}


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Fedoraproject Fedora
X.org Libxrandr
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microfocus

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:13:21.319Z

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

Link: CVE-2016-7948

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-12-13T20:59:14.113

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

Link: CVE-2016-7948

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

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

Links: CVE-2016-7948 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses