{"id":"USN-5437-1","summary":"libxfixes vulnerability","details":"Tobias Stoeckmann discovered that libXfixes incorrectly handled certain\ninputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial\nof service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.\n","modified":"2026-04-22T10:24:10.419192Z","published":"2022-05-23T21:47:39Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7944"],"upstream":["CVE-2016-7944","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7944"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5437-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7944"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"libxfixes","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxfixes@1:5.0.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:5.0.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1"}]}],"versions":["1:5.0.1-2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"1:5.0.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1","binary_name":"libxfixes3"}],"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[{"severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"low","type":"Ubuntu"}],"id":"CVE-2016-7944"}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5437-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}