PT-2016-6412
CVE-2016-5407
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Published
2016-10-12
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Updated
2024-06-15
Description by
CVSS 3.1
9.8
CriticalMetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
libXv versions prior to 1.0.11
Description
The issue concerns the XvQueryAdaptors and XvQueryEncodings functions in libXv, which allow remote X servers to trigger out-of-bounds memory access operations. This can be achieved via vectors involving length specifications in received data.
Recommendations
For versions prior to 1.0.11, update to version 1.0.11 or later to resolve the issue.
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