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CVE-2016-7951

libXtst: Insufficient validation of server responses result in Integer overflows

Published Modified CWE 125, 190
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:3.1/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).

Description

Multiple integer overflows in X.org libXtst before 1.2.3 allow remote X servers to trigger out-of-bounds memory access operations by leveraging the lack of range checks.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
alpine 3.2libxtst1.2.2-r1
alpine 3.3libxtst1.2.2-r1
debian 11libxtst2:1.2.3-1
debian 12libxtst2:1.2.3-1
debian 13libxtst2:1.2.3-1
debian 14libxtst2:1.2.3-1
debian 7libxtst2:1.2.1-1+deb7u2
debian 8libxtst2:1.2.2-1+deb8u1
echolibxtst2:1.2.3-1
Red HatlibXtst, libXtst-develno fix listed
Show all 11 entries from 10 sources
SourcePackageFixed in
alpine 3.2libxtst1.2.2-r1
alpine 3.3libxtst1.2.2-r1
debian 11libxtst2:1.2.3-1
debian 12libxtst2:1.2.3-1
debian 13libxtst2:1.2.3-1
debian 14libxtst2:1.2.3-1
debian 7libxtst2:1.2.1-1+deb7u2
debian 8libxtst2:1.2.2-1+deb8u1
echolibxtst2:1.2.3-1
Red HatlibXtstno fix listed
Red HatlibXtst-develno fix listed

References

All 11 references

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