CVE-2016-7944 Integer overflow in n/a

What is CVE-2016-7944?

CVE-2016-7944 is a critical vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 13 Dec 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Integer overflow in X.org libXfixes before 5.0.3 on 32-bit platforms might allow remote X servers to gain privileges via a length value of INT_MAX, which triggers the client to stop reading data and get out of sync.

Weakness: CWE-264, CWE-190

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-7944?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, X.org Libxfixes.

How do I fix CVE-2016-7944?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2016-7944 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-7944 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2016-7944, DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7944, DLA-654-1, GHSA-j7xf-885g-gx3g, SUSE-SU-2016:3172-1, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7944 and 1 more.