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CVE-2016-7947

libXrandr: Insufficient validation of server responses result in Integer overflows

Published Modified CWE 190, 787
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat5.0CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Red Hat (medium), Ubuntu (low).

Description

Multiple integer overflows in X.org libXrandr before 1.5.1 allow remote X servers to trigger out-of-bounds write operations via a crafted response.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
alpine 3.3libxrandr1.5.0-r1
debian 11libxrandr2:1.5.1-1
debian 12libxrandr2:1.5.1-1
debian 13libxrandr2:1.5.1-1
debian 14libxrandr2:1.5.1-1
debian 7libxrandr2:1.3.2-2+deb7u2
debian 8libxrandr2:1.4.2-1+deb8u1
echolibxrandr2:1.5.1-1
Red HatlibXrandr, libXrandr-develno fix listed
ubuntu 16.04-ESMlibxrandr2:1.5.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
ubuntu 18.04libxrandr2:1.5.1-1
ubuntu 18.04-ESMlibxrandr2:1.5.1-1
Show all 22 entries from 21 sources
SourcePackageFixed in
alpine 3.3libxrandr1.5.0-r1
debian 11libxrandr2:1.5.1-1
debian 12libxrandr2:1.5.1-1
debian 13libxrandr2:1.5.1-1
debian 14libxrandr2:1.5.1-1
debian 7libxrandr2:1.3.2-2+deb7u2
debian 8libxrandr2:1.4.2-1+deb8u1
echolibxrandr2:1.5.1-1
Red HatlibXrandrno fix listed
Red HatlibXrandr-develno fix listed
ubuntu 16.04-ESMlibxrandr2:1.5.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
ubuntu 18.04libxrandr2:1.5.1-1
ubuntu 18.04-ESMlibxrandr2:1.5.1-1
ubuntu 18.10libxrandr2:1.5.1-1
ubuntu 19.04libxrandr2:1.5.1-1
ubuntu 19.10libxrandr2:1.5.1-1
ubuntu 20.04libxrandr2:1.5.1-1
ubuntu 20.04-ESMlibxrandr2:1.5.1-1
ubuntu 20.10libxrandr2:1.5.1-1
ubuntu 21.04libxrandr2:1.5.1-1
ubuntu 21.10libxrandr2:1.5.1-1
ubuntu 22.04libxrandr2:1.5.1-1

References

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