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CVE-2016-7943

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 4.29%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-12-13 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2016-7943
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
4.29%

Original NVD Description

The XListFonts function in X.org libX11 before 1.6.4 might allow remote X servers to gain privileges via vectors involving length fields, which trigger out-of-bounds write operations.