CVE-2016-5407

The (1) XvQueryAdaptors and (2) XvQueryEncodings functions in X.org libXv before 1.0.11 allow remote X servers to trigger out-of-bounds memory access operations via vectors involving length specifications in received data.

• CWE-119
• CWE-125

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93368Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036945Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXv/commit/?id=d9da580b46a28ab497de2e94fdc7b9ff953dab17Issue Tracking, Patch
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3IA7BLB4C3JOYVU6UASGUJQJKUF6TO7E/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AE2VJOFA3EZA566RERQB54TFY56FROZR/
• https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2016-October/002720.htmlVendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-03
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93368Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036945Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXv/commit/?id=d9da580b46a28ab497de2e94fdc7b9ff953dab17Issue Tracking, Patch
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3IA7BLB4C3JOYVU6UASGUJQJKUF6TO7E/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AE2VJOFA3EZA566RERQB54TFY56FROZR/
• https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2016-October/002720.htmlVendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-03

Published

Dec 13, 2016

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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