CVE-2016-7946

Name	CVE-2016-7946
Description	X.org libXi before 1.7.7 allows remote X servers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via vectors involving length fields.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more)
References	DLA-685-1
NVD severity	medium (attack range: remote)
Debian Bugs	840440

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
libxi (PTS)	jessie	2:1.7.4-1+deb8u1	fixed
	buster, sid, stretch	2:1.7.9-1	fixed

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

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
libxi	source	(unstable)	2:1.7.8-1	low		840440
libxi	source	jessie	2:1.7.4-1+deb8u1	medium
libxi	source	wheezy	2:1.6.1-1+deb7u2	medium	DLA-685-1

https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXi/commit/?id=19a9cd607de73947fcfb104682f203ffe4e1f4e5
Regression: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/98204