CVE-2016-7952

Publication date 13 December 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

X.org libXtst before 1.2.3 allows remote X servers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a reply in the (1) XRecordStartOfData, (2) XRecordEndOfData, or (3) XRecordClientDied category without a client sequence and with attached data.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libxtst	24.10 oracular	Fixed 2:1.2.3-1
	24.04 LTS noble	Fixed 2:1.2.3-1
	23.10 mantic	Fixed 2:1.2.3-1
	23.04 lunar	Fixed 2:1.2.3-1
	22.10 kinetic	Fixed 2:1.2.3-1
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed 2:1.2.3-1
	21.10 impish	Fixed 2:1.2.3-1
	21.04 hirsute	Fixed 2:1.2.3-1
	20.10 groovy	Fixed 2:1.2.3-1
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 2:1.2.3-1
	19.10 eoan	Fixed 2:1.2.3-1
	19.04 disco	Fixed 2:1.2.3-1
	18.10 cosmic	Fixed 2:1.2.3-1
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 2:1.2.3-1
	17.10 artful	Ignored end of life
	17.04 zesty	Ignored end of life
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Vulnerable
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life

Notes

sbeattie

same commit as CVE-2016-7951

msalatore

patch released in 2:1.2.2-1+deb8u1

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
libxtst	Upstream: ?id=955

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H