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critical 9.8

CVE-2016-7942 json

The XGetImage function in X.org libX11 before 1.6.4 might allow remote X servers to gain privileges via vectors involving image type and ge…

published 2016-12-13 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-8791

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.5%
EPSS 4.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The XGetImage function in X.org libX11 before 1.6.4 might allow remote X servers to gain privileges via vectors involving image type and geometry, which triggers out-of-bounds read operations.

Patch / fix

  • libx11 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2:1.6.4-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7942

  • libx11 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 2:1.6.2-1ubuntu2.1
  • libx11 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 2:1.6.3-1ubuntu2.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7942

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • xorg-x11-libX11 SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 7.4-5.11.65.1
  • libX11 SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 +6 more 1.6.2-11.1
  • libXi SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2, SLES 12 SP2 +2 more 1.7.4-14.1
  • libXv SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2, SLES 12 SP2 +2 more 1.0.10-7.1
  • libX11 SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2, SLES 12 SP2 +2 more 1.6.2-8.1
  • libXtst SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2, SLES 12 SP2 +2 more 1.2.2-7.1
  • libXvMC SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2, SLES 12 SP2 +2 more 1.0.8-7.1
  • libXfixes SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2, SLES 12 SP2 +2 more 5.0.1-7.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2016:3054-1SUSE-SU-2016:3001-1SUSE-SU-2016:2828-1SUSE-SU-2016:2505-1

  • libx11 Alpine 3.2 1.6.3-r1
  • libx11 Alpine 3.3 1.6.3-r3

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2016-7942

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-7942 updated cvss 3.1

libX11: Insufficient validation of server responses in XGetImage()

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 libX11 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libX11, libX11-common Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libX11, libX11-common
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

4.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
  • CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

References

Sources

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