CVE-2016-7951 describes multiple integer overflows in X.org libXtst versions prior to 1.2.3, allowing remote X servers to cause out-of-bounds memory access due to insufficient range checks. This vulnerability affects Fedora and X.org libXtst products. It carries a critical CVSS score of 9.8, indicating a high potential for compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog and lacking public exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, suggesting awareness of its potential impact.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
24CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
25CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:25:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:x:libxtst:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/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.