Candidate: CVE-2016-7944
PublicDate: 2016-12-13 20:59:00 UTC
References:
 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7944
 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/4
 https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2016-October/002720.html
Description:
 Integer overflow in X.org libXfixes before 5.0.3 on 32-bit platforms might
 allow remote X servers to gain privileges via a length value of INT_MAX,
 which triggers the client to stop reading data and get out of sync.
Ubuntu-Description:
Notes:
 msalvatore> patch released in 1:5.0.1-2+deb8u1
Bugs:
 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=840442
Priority: low
Discovered-by: Tobias Stoeckmann
Assigned-to:
CVSS:
 nvd: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H [9.8 CRITICAL]

Patches_libxfixes:
 upstream: https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXfixes/commit/?id=61c1039ee23a2d1de712843bed3480654d7ef42e
upstream_libxfixes: released (1:5.0.1-2+deb8u1, 5.0.3)
precise_libxfixes: ignored (reached end-of-life)
precise/esm_libxfixes: DNE (precise was needed)
trusty_libxfixes: ignored (reached end-of-life)
trusty/esm_libxfixes: DNE (trusty was needed)
vivid/stable-phone-overlay_libxfixes: ignored (reached end-of-life)
vivid/ubuntu-core_libxfixes: DNE
xenial_libxfixes: ignored (end of standard support, was needed)
esm-infra/xenial_libxfixes: needed
yakkety_libxfixes: ignored (reached end-of-life)
zesty_libxfixes: ignored (reached end-of-life)
artful_libxfixes: ignored (reached end-of-life)
bionic_libxfixes: released (1:5.0.3-1)
cosmic_libxfixes: released (1:5.0.3-1)
disco_libxfixes: released (1:5.0.3-1)
eoan_libxfixes: released (1:5.0.3-1)
focal_libxfixes: released (1:5.0.3-1)
groovy_libxfixes: released (1:5.0.3-1)
hirsute_libxfixes: released (1:5.0.3-1)
impish_libxfixes: released (1:5.0.3-1)
jammy_libxfixes: released (1:5.0.3-1)
devel_libxfixes: released (1:5.0.3-1)