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USN-8939-1: libXtst vulnerabilities

Severity not listed 3 CVEs Published Oct 19, 2026 at 5:17 PM UTC

Summary

It was discovered that libXtst did not properly handle certain RECORD replies from the X server. A malicious X server could possibly use this issue to cause libXtst clients to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2026-94286)

Tobias Stoeckmann discovered that libXtst did not properly handle certain memory operations. A malicious X server could possibly use this issue to cause libXtst to access memory out of bounds, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-7951)

Tobias Stoeckmann discovered that libXtst did not properly handle certain replies from the X server. A malicious X server could possibly use this issue to cause libXtst to enter an infinite loop, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-7952)

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