CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-7947

Critical
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Multiple integer overflows in X.org libXrandr before version 1.5.1 allow remote X servers to trigger out-of-bounds write operations via a crafted response.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject malicious code, potentially leading to system compromise or instability.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the libXrandr library to version 1.5.1 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.

Original NVD description (English source)

Multiple integer overflows in X.org libXrandr before 1.5.1 allow remote X servers to trigger out-of-bounds write operations via a crafted response.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS