CVE-2016-7951 Integer overflow in n/a

What is CVE-2016-7951?

CVE-2016-7951 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

Multiple integer overflows in X.org libXtst before 1.2.3 allow remote X servers to trigger out-of-bounds memory access operations by leveraging the lack of range checks.

Weakness: CWE-190, CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-7951?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, X Libxtst.

How do I fix CVE-2016-7951?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2016-7951 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-7951 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-2016-7951, DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7951, GHSA-g664-7845-q82j, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7951.