CVE-2016-7952
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.3%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2016-7952
To remediate CVE-2016-7952, 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
Is CVE-2016-7952 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 1.2.2-r1
- from 0, < 2:1.2.3-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |