CVE-2016-10164

Publication date 31 December 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

Description

Multiple integer overflows in libXpm before 3.5.12, when a program requests parsing XPM extensions on a 64-bit platform, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) or execute arbitrary code via (1) the number of extensions or (2) their concatenated length in a crafted XPM file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libxpm 16.10 yakkety
Fixed 1:3.5.11-1ubuntu0.16.10.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1:3.5.11-1ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1:3.5.10-1ubuntu0.1
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 1:3.5.9-4ubuntu0.1

Notes

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See oss-security thread for a test case

Patch details

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Package Patch details
libxpm

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8 · Critical
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

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