7.5

CVE-2016-7946: fedoraproject fedora Improper Access Control

CVSS: 7.5v3.0HighModified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2016-7946UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7946DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7946
Published 13-12-2016Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-7946 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Improper Access Control vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 3.01% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.01%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Related 5
DLA-685-1MGASA-2018-0011SUSE-SU-2016:2505-1SUSE-SU-2016:2828-1SUSE-SU-2016:3047-1SUSE-SU-2016:3189-1

Timeline

  1. 13-12-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

X.org libXi before 1.7.7 allows remote X servers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via vectors involving length fields.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

3.01%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

87%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.01% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
3.01%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Alpine1 product
  • libxi< 1.7.4-r1
Debian1 product
  • libxi< 2:1.7.8-1
Fedoraproject1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • libxi< 2:1.7.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
X.org1 product

5 vendors · 5 products

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