CVE-2016-7952: 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)…

PriorityP433high7.5CVSS 3.0

AVNACLPRNUINSUCNINAH

EPSS

2.29%

81.3th percentile

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.

Affected

8 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	libxtst	< libxtst 2:1.2.3-1 (bookworm)	libxtst 2:1.2.3-1 (bookworm)
fedoraproject	fedora	—	—
fedoraproject	fedora	—	—
x.org	libxtst	<= 1.2.2	—
x.org	libxtst	>= 0 < 2:1.2.3-1	2:1.2.3-1
x.org	libxtst	>= 0 < 2:1.2.3-1	2:1.2.3-1
x.org	libxtst	>= 0 < 2:1.2.3-1	2:1.2.3-1
x.org	libxtst	>= 0 < 2:1.2.3-1	2:1.2.3-1

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.07.5HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

osv7.5HIGH

vendor_debian7.5LOW

vendor_redhat7.5HIGH

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