{"id":"USN-5428-1","summary":"libxrandr vulnerabilities","details":"Tobias Stoeckmann discovered that libXrandr incorrectly handled certain\nresponses. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial\nof service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.\n(CVE-2016-7947, CVE-2016-7948)\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:42:37Z","published":"2022-05-18T13:06:13Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7947","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7948"],"upstream":["CVE-2016-7947","CVE-2016-7948","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7947","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7948"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5428-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7947"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7948"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"libxrandr","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxrandr@2:1.5.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2:1.5.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"}]}],"versions":["2:1.5.0-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro","binaries":[{"binary_version":"2:1.5.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1","binary_name":"libxrandr-dev"},{"binary_version":"2:1.5.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1","binary_name":"libxrandr2"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[{"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}],"id":"CVE-2016-7947"},{"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}],"id":"CVE-2016-7948"}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5428-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}