| 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 |
| Debian Bugs | 840440 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| libxi (PTS) | buster, stretch | 2:1.7.9-1 | fixed |
| bullseye, sid | 2:1.7.10-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| libxi | source | wheezy | 2:1.6.1-1+deb7u2 | DLA-685-1 | ||
| libxi | source | jessie | 2:1.7.4-1+deb8u1 | |||
| libxi | source | (unstable) | 2:1.7.8-1 | low | 840440 |
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXi/commit/?id=19a9cd607de73947fcfb104682f203ffe4e1f4e5
Regression: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/98204