CVE-2016-7949

moderate-risk
Published 2016-12-13

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.

Do I need to act?

~
4.8% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
9
CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (3)

Libxrender

Affected Vendors

49
/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 8/34 · Low
Exposure 9/34 · Low