alpine-cve-2016-7942

CVSS 9.8 osv_alpine
Description

The XGetImage function in X.org libX11 before 1.6.4 might allow remote X servers to gain privileges via vectors involving image type and geometry, which triggers out-of-bounds read operations.

Timeline
Published
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Last Modified
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CVSS Details

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Affected Products

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References
Linked Vulnerabilities

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  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2016-7942.json"
      },
      "ecosystem_specific": {},
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Alpine:v3.2",
        "name": "libx11",
        "purl": "pkg:apk/alpine/libx11?arch=source"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.6.3-r1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2016-7942.json"
      },
      "ecosystem_specific": {},
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Alpine:v3.3",
        "name": "libx11",
        "purl": "pkg:apk/alpine/libx11?arch=source"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.6.3-r3"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "details": "The XGetImage function in X.org libX11 before 1.6.4 might allow remote X servers to gain privileges via vectors involving image type and geometry, which triggers out-of-bounds read operations.",
  "id": "ALPINE-CVE-2016-7942",
  "modified": "2026-09-22T06:30:44.261485013Z",
  "published": "2016-12-13T20:59:05.957Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2016-7942"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.9.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2016-7942"
  ]
}
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