CVE-2016-10164

critical
Published 2017-02-01 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
9.8

Description

Multiple integer overflows in libXpm before 3.5.12, when a program requests parsing XPM extensions on a 64-bit platform, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) or execute arbitrary code via (1) the number of extensions or (2) their concatenated length in a crafted XPM file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10164

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2016-December/058537.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXpm/commit/?id=d1167418f0fd02a27f617ec5afd6db053afbe185

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/25/7

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/22/2

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10164.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed1:3.5.12-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1:3.5.12-1
debian debianforkyfixed1:3.5.12-1
debian debiansidfixed1:3.5.12-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1:3.5.12-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
x.orglibxpm{"endIncluding":"3.5.11"}

References

CWEs

CWE-119 CWE-190 CWE-787

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.