CVE-2016-7953

Publication date 13 December 2016

Last updated 18 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

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Cvss 3 Severity Score

Score breakdown

Description

Buffer underflow in X.org libXvMC before 1.0.10 allows remote X servers to have unspecified impact via an empty string.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libxvmc	26.10 stonking	Fixed in 2:1.0.10-1
	26.04 LTS resolute	Fixed in 2:1.0.10-1
	25.10 questing	Fixed in 2:1.0.10-1
	25.04 plucky	Fixed in 2:1.0.10-1
	24.10 oracular	Fixed in 2:1.0.10-1
	24.04 LTS noble	Fixed in 2:1.0.10-1
	23.10 mantic	Fixed in 2:1.0.10-1
	23.04 lunar	Fixed in 2:1.0.10-1
	22.10 kinetic	Fixed in 2:1.0.10-1
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed in 2:1.0.10-1
	21.10 impish	Fixed in 2:1.0.10-1
	21.04 hirsute	Fixed in 2:1.0.10-1
	20.10 groovy	Fixed in 2:1.0.10-1
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed in 2:1.0.10-1
	19.10 eoan	Fixed in 2:1.0.10-1
	19.04 disco	Fixed in 2:1.0.10-1
	18.10 cosmic	Fixed in 2:1.0.10-1
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed in 2:1.0.10-1
	17.10 artful	Ignored end of life
	17.04 zesty	Ignored end of life
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Vulnerable
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
libxvmc	Upstream: ?id=2cd

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 9.8 · Critical

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	9.8 · Critical
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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