CVE-2016-5407

CRITICAL 9.8CVE-2016-5407 · Published 13/12/2016 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2016-5407 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability affecting libxv (x.org).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 4.5%, higher than 91.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
libxv x.org	`≤ 1.0.10`	No fix yet

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.

References

openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/2 · Mailing List
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/4 · Mailing List
securityfocus.com/bid/93368 · Third Party Advisory
securitytracker.com/id/1036945 · Third Party Advisory
cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXv/commit · Issue Tracking
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3IA7BLB4C3JOYVU6UASGUJQJKUF6TO7E
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AE2VJOFA3EZA566RERQB54TFY56FROZR
lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2016-October/002720.html · Vendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-03

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