CVE-2016-7951

critical
Published 2016-12-13 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.1/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 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.

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-2016-7951

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7951.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed2:1.2.3-1
debian debianbullseyefixed2:1.2.3-1
debian debianforkyfixed2:1.2.3-1
debian debiansidfixed2:1.2.3-1
debian debiantrixiefixed2:1.2.3-1
fedora fedora24affected
fedora fedora25affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
xlibxtst{"endIncluding":"1.2.2"}

References

CWEs

CWE-125 CWE-190

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