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CVE-2016-7942

by Fred · 13/12/2016

The XGetImage function in X.org libX11 before 1.6.4 might allow remote X servers to gain privileges via vectors involving image type and geometry, which triggers out-of-bounds read operations.

Date published : 2016-12-13

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93363

https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libX11/commit/?id=8ea762f94f4c942d898fdeb590a1630c83235c17

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