CVE-2016-10164

libXpm: Out-of-bounds write in XPM extension parsing

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.8

CVSS 3.0

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Published · December 12, 2016

Updated · May 13, 2026

Description

An integer overflow flaw leading to a heap-based buffer overflow was found in libXpm. An attacker could use this flaw to crash an application using libXpm via a specially crafted XPM file.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 5.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L

CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write