CVE Daily

CVE-2016-7949

Multiple buffer overflows in the (1) XvQueryAdaptors and (2) XvQueryEncodings fu...

Critical CVSS 9.8

Overview

Multiple buffer overflows in the (1) XvQueryAdaptors and (2) XvQueryEncodings functions in X.org libXrender before 0.9.10 allow remote X servers to trigger out-of-bounds write operations via vectors involving length fields.

CWE: CWE-20 Published: 2016-12-13T20:59:15.583
Risk analysis

This vulnerability is rated 🔴 CRITICAL.

  • CVSS: 9.8 (CRITICAL)
  • Detected tags: none (tag impact: LOW)

Recommended actions:

  • Prioritize remediation based on business criticality and exposure.
  • Limit exposure and increase monitoring until fixed.

Recommended tools

Tags