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CVE-2016-7952

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Date: December 13, 2016

X.org libXtst before 1.2.3 allows remote X servers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a reply in the (1) XRecordStartOfData, (2) XRecordEndOfData, or (3) XRecordClientDied category without a client sequence and with attached data.

Language: C

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Related Resources (12)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93375
https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2016-October/002720.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7952
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/4
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7952
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RVEUZRHYY3AJEKMFQ4DS7DX3Y2AICFP7/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/2
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AFLHX7WNEUXXDAGR324T35L5P6RRR7GE/
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7952
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXtst/commit/?id=9556ad67af3129ec4a7a4f4b54a0d59701beeae3
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036945
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-7952

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Access Control

CWE-284

Input Validation

CWE-20

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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