THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-7945
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2016-7945

Fedora vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
3.0%
EPSS pct
86th
Exploited
No known
Multiple integer overflows in X.org libXi before 1.7.7 allow remote X servers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds memory access or infinite loop) via vectors involving length fields.
Affected vendor
Fedoraproject
Affected product
Fedora
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read
  • CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound
Published
2016-12-13

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 86% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-7945

  • Confirm whether Fedoraproject Fedora is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-7945.
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