Vulnerabilities / CVE-2016-7953

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CVE-2016-7953

libXvMC: Insufficient validation of server responses results in buffer underflow

Published Modified CWE 119
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

Buffer underflow in X.org libXvMC before 1.0.10 allows remote X servers to have unspecified impact via an empty string.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
alpine 3.2libxvmc1.0.9-r1
alpine 3.3libxvmc1.0.9-r1
debian 11libxvmc2:1.0.10-1
debian 12libxvmc2:1.0.10-1
debian 13libxvmc2:1.0.10-1
debian 14libxvmc2:1.0.10-1
debian 7libxvmc2:1.0.7-1+deb7u3
debian 8libxvmc2:1.0.8-2+deb8u1
echolibxvmc2:1.0.10-1
Red HatlibXvMC, libXvMC-develno fix listed
ubuntu 18.04libxvmc2:1.0.10-1
ubuntu 18.04-ESMlibxvmc2:1.0.10-1
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SourcePackageFixed in
alpine 3.2libxvmc1.0.9-r1
alpine 3.3libxvmc1.0.9-r1
debian 11libxvmc2:1.0.10-1
debian 12libxvmc2:1.0.10-1
debian 13libxvmc2:1.0.10-1
debian 14libxvmc2:1.0.10-1
debian 7libxvmc2:1.0.7-1+deb7u3
debian 8libxvmc2:1.0.8-2+deb8u1
echolibxvmc2:1.0.10-1
Red HatlibXvMCno fix listed
Red HatlibXvMC-develno fix listed
ubuntu 18.04libxvmc2:1.0.10-1
ubuntu 18.04-ESMlibxvmc2:1.0.10-1
ubuntu 18.10libxvmc2:1.0.10-1
ubuntu 19.04libxvmc2:1.0.10-1
ubuntu 19.10libxvmc2:1.0.10-1
ubuntu 20.04libxvmc2:1.0.10-1
ubuntu 20.04-ESMlibxvmc2:1.0.10-1
ubuntu 20.10libxvmc2:1.0.10-1
ubuntu 21.04libxvmc2:1.0.10-1
ubuntu 21.10libxvmc2:1.0.10-1
ubuntu 22.04libxvmc2:1.0.10-1
ubuntu 22.10libxvmc2:1.0.10-1
ubuntu 23.04libxvmc2:1.0.10-1
ubuntu 23.10libxvmc2:1.0.10-1
ubuntu 24.04libxvmc2:1.0.10-1
ubuntu 24.10libxvmc2:1.0.10-1
ubuntu 25.04libxvmc2:1.0.10-1
ubuntu 25.10libxvmc2:1.0.10-1
ubuntu 26.04libxvmc2:1.0.10-1
ubuntu 26.10libxvmc2:1.0.10-1

References

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