CVE-2016-7946 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00416.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Fedoraproject	Fedora
X.org	Libxi

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:x.org:libxi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:25:::::::*

No data.

No data.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/4
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93374
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036945
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXi/commit/?id=19a9cd607de73947fcfb104682f203ffe4e1f4e5
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/C3NTWIWSQ575GREBVAOUQUIMDL5CDVGP/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KVTZ2XLPKLASQUIQA2GMKKAUOQIUMM7I/
https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2016-October/002720.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7946
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-03
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7946

History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00544}`	epss `{'score': 0.00416}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microfocus

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

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:13:21.322Z

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

Link: CVE-2016-7946

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-12-13T20:59:11.613

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-7946

Redhat

Severity : Low

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

Links: CVE-2016-7946 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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