{"id":"USN-5646-1","summary":"libxi vulnerabilities","details":"Tobias Stoeckmann discovered that libXi did not properly manage memory\nwhen handling X server responses. A remote attacker could use this issue\nto cause libXi to crash, resulting in a denial of service.\n","modified":"2026-04-22T10:48:29.814485Z","published":"2022-09-28T19:58:13Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7945","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7946"],"upstream":["CVE-2016-7945","CVE-2016-7946","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7945","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7946"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5646-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7945"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7946"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"libxi","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxi@2:1.7.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2:1.7.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"}]}],"versions":["2:1.7.4-1","2:1.7.5-1","2:1.7.6-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro","binaries":[{"binary_version":"2:1.7.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm1","binary_name":"libxi6"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","cves":[{"id":"CVE-2016-7945","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"low","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2016-7946","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"low","type":"Ubuntu"}]}]},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5646-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}