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CVE-2016-7951

Vulnerability intelligence

Published Dec 13, 2016Sources checked Oct 21, 2026
9.8CRITICALCVSS out of 10
What this means

Review the available evidence

CVE-2016-7951 and is rated Critical severity with a CVSS score of 9.8. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.

CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog
EPSS2.4%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability
Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field
Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships
Overview

What is CVE-2016-7951?

Multiple integer overflows in X.org libXtst before 1.2.3 allow remote X servers to trigger out-of-bounds memory access operations by leveraging the lack of range checks.

Source: NVD