CVE-2016-7948

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CVSS 3.0

9.8 critical

EPSS

4%p89

Published

Dec 13, 2016 (Dec 13, 2016)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

X.org libXrandr before 1.5.1 allows remote X servers to trigger out-of-bounds write operations by leveraging mishandling of reply data.

Vendors: x.org fedoraproject
Products: libxrandr, fedora
Weakness: CWE-787
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (3.6%)

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