NVD - CVE-2016-7953

CVE-2016-7953 Detail

Modified

This vulnerability has been modified since it was last analyzed by the NVD. It is awaiting reanalysis which may result in further changes to the information provided.

Current Description

Buffer underflow in X.org libXvMC before 1.0.10 allows remote X servers to have unspecified impact via an empty string.

Source: MITRE
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Severity

CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

NIST: NVD

Base Score: 9.8 CRITICAL

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Hyperlink	Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/2	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/4	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93371	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036945	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXvMC/commit/?id=2cd95e7da8367cccdcdd5c9b160012d1dec5cbdb	Issue Tracking Patch
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DLZ3CBE3LKTSHIQYM6RKZYJ5PJ5IGTYG/	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M4SI52ZOHOK6524DI2TOW4DX6HPKNFNB/	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2016-October/002720.html	Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-03

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-119	Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer	NIST

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:::::::* Show Matching CPE(s)
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:25:::::::* Show Matching CPE(s)

Configuration 2 ( hide )

cpe:2.3:a:x.org:libxvmc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Show Matching CPE(s)

Up to (including)
1.0.9

Change History

2 change records found - show changes

Initial Analysis - 12/14/2016 9:51:29 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	CPE Configuration		Configuration 1 OR cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:25::::::: cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24::::::: Configuration 2 OR cpe:2.3:a:x.org:libxvmc:1.0.9::::::: (and previous)
Added	CVSS V2		(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Added	CVSS V3		AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Added	CWE		CWE-119
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/2 No Types Assigned	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/2 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/4 No Types Assigned	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/4 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93371 No Types Assigned	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93371 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036945 No Types Assigned	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036945 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXvMC/commit/?id=2cd95e7da8367cccdcdd5c9b160012d1dec5cbdb No Types Assigned	https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXvMC/commit/?id=2cd95e7da8367cccdcdd5c9b160012d1dec5cbdb Issue Tracking, Patch
Changed	Reference Type	https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DLZ3CBE3LKTSHIQYM6RKZYJ5PJ5IGTYG/ No Types Assigned	https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DLZ3CBE3LKTSHIQYM6RKZYJ5PJ5IGTYG/ Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M4SI52ZOHOK6524DI2TOW4DX6HPKNFNB/ No Types Assigned	https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M4SI52ZOHOK6524DI2TOW4DX6HPKNFNB/ Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2016-October/002720.html No Types Assigned	https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2016-October/002720.html Vendor Advisory

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-7953
NVD Published Date:
12/13/2016
NVD Last Modified:
06/30/2017

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