Executive Summary
This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | CVE-2016-7943 | First vendor Publication | 2016-12-13 |
| Vendor | Cve | Last vendor Modification | 2023-11-07 |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | |||
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| Overall CVSS Score | 9.8 | ||
| Base Score | 9.8 | Environmental Score | 9.8 |
| impact SubScore | 5.9 | Temporal Score | 9.8 |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | 3.9 | ||
| Attack Vector | Network | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | None | User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged | Confidentiality Impact | High |
| Integrity Impact | High | Availability Impact | High |
| Calculate full CVSS 3.0 Vectors scores | |||
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 7.5 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 10 | Authentication | None Required |
| Calculate full CVSS 2.0 Vectors scores | |||
Detail
| The XListFonts function in X.org libX11 before 1.6.4 might allow remote X servers to gain privileges via vectors involving length fields, which trigger out-of-bounds write operations. |
Original Source
| Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7943 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-787 | Out-of-bounds Write (CWE/SANS Top 25) |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2017-04-11 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-201704-03.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-11-15 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2016-0df69ab477.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-11-01 | Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update. File : Slackware_SSA_2016-305-02.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Sources (Detail)
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2023-11-07 21:43:31 |
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| 2022-10-20 01:30:51 |
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| 2021-05-05 01:22:59 |
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| 2021-05-04 12:53:29 |
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| 2021-04-22 02:05:59 |
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| 2020-08-07 12:16:43 |
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| 2020-05-23 02:01:28 |
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| 2020-05-23 00:53:22 |
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| 2018-09-13 17:18:57 |
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| 2018-08-31 17:19:43 |
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| 2017-09-22 13:24:45 |
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| 2017-07-01 09:23:46 |
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| 2017-04-13 13:21:49 |
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| 2017-01-17 13:22:45 |
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| 2016-12-14 21:24:23 |
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| 2016-12-14 00:24:57 |
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