CVE-2016-7952

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

X.org libXtst before 1.2.3 allows remote X servers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a reply in the (1) XRecordStartOfData, (2) XRecordEndOfData, or (3) XRecordClientDied category without a client sequence and with attached data.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20 CWE-284

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Dec 13, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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