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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microfocus

Published: 2016-12-13T20:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:13:21.749Z

Reserved: 2016-09-09T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-7942

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-12-13T20:59:05.957

Modified: 2023-11-07T02:35:17.487

Link: CVE-2016-7942

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-09-25T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-7942 - Bugzilla