CVE-2016-7951
libxtst - security update
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.1%
Description
Multiple integer overflows in X.org libXtst before 1.2.3 allow remote X servers to trigger out-of-bounds memory access operations by leveraging the lack of range checks.
How to fix CVE-2016-7951
To remediate CVE-2016-7951, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/libxtst—upgrade to 1.2.2-r1 or later
- Debian/libxtst—upgrade to 2:1.2.3-1 or later
- —upgrade to 2:1.2.1-1+deb7u2 or later
Is CVE-2016-7951 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 1.2.2-r1
- from 0, < 2:1.2.3-1
- from 0, < 2:1.2.1-1+deb7u2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |