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	24.04 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
	17.04 zesty	Ignored
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored
	16.04 LTS xenial	Vulnerable
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored

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