CVE-2016-10164

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2016-12-12
CWE:
CWE-787
Bugzilla:
1416410: CVE-2016-10164 libXpm: Out-of-bounds write in XPM extension parsing
An integer overflow flaw leading to a heap-based buffer overflow was found in libXpm. An attacker could use this flaw to crash an application using libXpm via a specially crafted XPM file.

Find out more about CVE-2016-10164 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

CVSS3 Base Score 5.8
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact Low

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (libXpm) RHSA-2017:1865 2017-08-01

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libXpm Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 libXpm Will not fix

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