CVE-2016-7944 is an integer overflow vulnerability in X.org libXfixes versions prior to 5.0.3 on 32-bit platforms, affecting Fedora and X.org products. This critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) allows remote X servers to gain privileges by manipulating a length value, leading to out-of-sync client behavior. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and some media coverage, indicating awareness despite its inactive status on the CISA KEV list.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:x.org:libxfixes:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* | ||
24CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
25CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:25:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.