CVE-2016-7943

NameCVE-2016-7943
DescriptionThe XListFonts function in X.org libX11 before 1.6.4 might allow remote X servers to gain privileges via vectors involving length fields, which trigger out-of-bounds write operations.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-684-1
Debian Bugs840439

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libx11 (PTS)buster2:1.6.7-1+deb10u2fixed
buster (security)2:1.6.7-1+deb10u4fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye2:1.7.2-1+deb11u2fixed
bookworm, bookworm (security)2:1.8.4-2+deb12u2fixed
sid, trixie2:1.8.7-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libx11sourcewheezy2:1.5.0-1+deb7u3DLA-684-1
libx11sourcejessie2:1.6.2-3+deb8u1
libx11source(unstable)2:1.6.4-1low840439

Notes

https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libX11/commit/?id=8c29f1607a31dac0911e45a0dd3d74173822b3c9

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