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CVE-2016-5407

libXv: Insufficient validation of server responses results in out-of bounds accesses

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5

CVSS 3.0

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Published · September 25, 2016

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

The (1) XvQueryAdaptors and (2) XvQueryEncodings functions in X.org libXv before 1.0.11 allow remote X servers to trigger out-of-bounds memory access operations via vectors involving length specifications in received data.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 5
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CVSS 2.0 · 5.4
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWE not specified