CVE-2016-7942
libX11: Insufficient validation of server responses in XGetImage()
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Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · September 25, 2016
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
The XGetImage function in X.org libX11 before 1.6.4 might allow remote X servers to gain privileges via vectors involving image type and geometry, which triggers out-of-bounds read operations.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 3.1CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS 2.0 · 2.9AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CWE not specified