CVE-2016-7953

Published: Dec 13, 2016Modified: May 6, 2026

9.8

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

Buffer underflow in X.org libXvMC before 1.0.10 allows remote X servers to have unspecified impact via an empty string.

Affected (3)

Products: Fedoraproject: Fedora · X.org: Libxvmc

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Fedoraproject Fedora	Version 24
Fedoraproject Fedora	Version 25

Configuration B

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
X.org Libxvmc	Up to 1.0.9

Related CWEs

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (18)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/2

Source: security@opentext.com

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/4

Source: security@opentext.com

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93371

Source: security@opentext.com

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036945

Source: security@opentext.com

https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXvMC/commit/?id=2cd95e7da8367cccdcdd5c9b160012d1dec5cbdb

Source: security@opentext.com

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DLZ3CBE3LKTSHIQYM6RKZYJ5PJ5IGTYG/

Source: security@opentext.com

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M4SI52ZOHOK6524DI2TOW4DX6HPKNFNB/

Source: security@opentext.com

https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2016-October/002720.html

Source: security@opentext.com

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-03

Source: security@opentext.com

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/2

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/4

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93371

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036945

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXvMC/commit/?id=2cd95e7da8367cccdcdd5c9b160012d1dec5cbdb

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DLZ3CBE3LKTSHIQYM6RKZYJ5PJ5IGTYG/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M4SI52ZOHOK6524DI2TOW4DX6HPKNFNB/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2016-October/002720.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-03

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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