CVE-2016-5407: fedoraproject fedora
CVSS: 9.8v3.0CriticalModified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2016-5407SUSE-SU-2016:3110-1UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5407USN-5449-1DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5407DLA-667-1
Published 13-12-2016Last modified 06-08-2024
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2016-5407 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 4.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91.4% of scored vulnerabilities.
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.0 (NVD)EPSS score
4.53%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 daysKEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 3Timeline
- 13-12-2016PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
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.
CVSS metrics
5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versionsCritical 9.8Preferred score · NVD (NIST)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HSourcesAll 4 agree
- OSV · AlpineEcosystem advisory · calculated9.8CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated9.8CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated9.8CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
High 7.5Preferred score · NVD (NIST)
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:PSourcesSingle source
EPSS trend
Probability
4.53%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
91%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 4.53% on 19-09-2026
19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score4.53%
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root cause- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
- CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadThe product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.
Affected systems
Suse3 products
- xorg-x11-libXv&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4< 7.4-1.20.1
- xorg-x11-libXv&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4< 7.4-1.20.1
- xorg-x11-libXv&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4< 7.4-1.20.1
Alpine1 product
- libxv< 1.0.10-r1 | < 1.0.10-r2
Debian1 product
- libxv< 2:1.0.11-1 | < 2:1.0.7-1+deb7u2
Fedoraproject1 product
- fedoraEOL24 | 25
Ubuntu1 product
- libxv< 2:1.0.11-1 | < 2:1.0.10-1ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1
X.org1 product
- libxv≤ 1.0.10
6 vendors · 8 products
References
17 links- lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2016-October/002720.htmlMailing ListX Refsource MLISTVendor AdvisoryREPORT
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/4Mailing ListX Refsource MLISTThird Party AdvisoryREPORT
- cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXv/commit/?id=d9da580b46a28ab497de2e94fdc7b9ff953dab17X Refsource CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch
