CVE-2016-5407

Publication date 13 December 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

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Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libxv	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed 2:1.0.11-1
	21.10 impish	Fixed 2:1.0.11-1
	21.04 hirsute	Fixed 2:1.0.11-1
	20.10 groovy	Fixed 2:1.0.11-1
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 2:1.0.11-1
	19.10 eoan	Fixed 2:1.0.11-1
	19.04 disco	Fixed 2:1.0.11-1
	18.10 cosmic	Fixed 2:1.0.11-1
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 2:1.0.11-1
	17.10 artful	Ignored end of life
	17.04 zesty	Ignored end of life
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 2:1.0.10-1ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1 Ubuntu Pro
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life

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Notes

msalvatore

patch released in 2:1.0.10-1+deb8u1

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
libxv	Upstream: ?id=d9d

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	9.8 · Critical
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-5449-1
libXv vulnerability
26 May 2022