Fedora
CVE-2016-7953
CRITICAL
Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Lifecycle Timeline
1DescriptionCVE.org
Buffer underflow in X.org libXvMC before 1.0.10 allows remote X servers to have unspecified impact via an empty string.
AnalysisAI
Buffer underflow in X.org libXvMC before 1.0.10 allows remote X servers to have unspecified impact via an empty string. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Technical ContextAI
This vulnerability is classified as Buffer Overflow (CWE-119), which allows attackers to corrupt memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application. Buffer underflow in X.org libXvMC before 1.0.10 allows remote X servers to have unspecified impact via an empty string. Affected products include: Fedoraproject Fedora, X.Org Libxvmc. Version information: before 1.0.10.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Use memory-safe languages or bounds-checking. Enable ASLR, DEP/NX, stack canaries. Use safe string functions.
Buffer overflow in X.org libXvMC 1.0.7 and earlier allows X servers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly ex
Multiple integer overflows in X.org libXvMC 1.0.7 and earlier allow X servers to trigger allocation of insufficient memo
Same weakness CWE-119 – Buffer Overflow
View allSame technique Buffer Overflow
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