CVE-2016-5407 Information

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 Vector

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

Reference

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/2 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/4 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93368 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036945 https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXv/commit/?id=d9da580b46a28ab497de2e94fdc7b9ff953dab17 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3IA7BLB4C3JOYVU6UASGUJQJKUF6TO7E/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AE2VJOFA3EZA566RERQB54TFY56FROZR/ https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2016-October/002720.html https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-03

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8