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Unscored USN-5428-1 2 CVEs

libxrandr vulnerabilities

Published May 18, 2022 · Updated Jun 25, 2026

Summary

Tobias Stoeckmann discovered that libXrandr incorrectly handled certain
responses. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial
of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2016-7947, CVE-2016-7948)

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS libxrandr 2:1.5.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Vulnerabilities 2

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7947
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7948