CVE-2016-10164
Multiple integer overflows in libXpm before 3.5.12, when a program requests parsing XPM extensions on a 64-bit platform, allow remote…
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- mitre
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 7 days later
· 7 days later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.6% · top 5.4% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (8)
- [oss-security] 20170125 Re: CVE Request: libXpm < 3.5.12 heap overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [xorg] 20161215 [ANNOUNCE] libXpm 3.5.12 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20170122 CVE Request: libXpm < 3.5.12 heap overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 95785 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXpm/commit/?id=d1167418f0fd02a27f617ec5afd6db053afbe185 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:1865 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- DSA-3772 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- GLSA-201701-72 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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