CVE-2016-7946 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in X.org's libXi library, specifically versions prior to 1.7.7, affecting products like Fedora and X.org's libXi. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.5) can be triggered remotely by malicious X servers manipulating length fields, leading to an infinite loop and system unavailability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation is reported, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the security community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.7.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:x.org:libxi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
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:N/I:N/A:H
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