CVE-2016-5407
libxv - security update
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 2.8%
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.
How to fix CVE-2016-5407
To remediate CVE-2016-5407, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/libxv—upgrade to 1.0.10-r1 or later
- —upgrade to 2:1.0.11-1 or later
- —upgrade to 2:1.0.7-1+deb7u2 or later
Is CVE-2016-5407 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 2.8%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 1.0.10-r1
- from 0, < 2:1.0.11-1
- from 0, < 2:1.0.7-1+deb7u2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |