Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 13, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2016-7949
CVE-2016-7949
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in the (1) XvQueryAdaptors and (2) XvQueryEncodings functions in X.org libXrender before 0.9.10 allow remote X servers to trigger out-of-bounds write operations via vectors involving length fields.
Affected products
3cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
9- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/2nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/4nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/93366nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1036945nvd
- cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXrender/commit/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7WCKZFMZ76APAVMIRCUKKHEB4GAS7ZUP/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZHUT5YOSWVMBJNWZGUQNZRBFIZKRM4A6/nvd
- lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2016-October/002720.htmlnvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-03nvd
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