CVE-2013-1981
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 6.8 · CWE-189
6.8CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
Multiple integer overflows in X.org libX11 1.5.99.901 (1.6 RC1) and earlier allow X servers to trigger allocation of insufficient memory and a buffer overflow via vectors related to the (1) XQueryFont, (2) _XF86BigfontQueryFont, (3) XListFontsWithInfo, (4) XGetMotionEvents, (5) XListHosts, (6) XGetModifierMapping, (7) XGetPointerMapping, (8) XGetKeyboardMapping, (9) XGetWindowProperty, (10) XGetImage, (11) LoadColornameDB, (12) XrmGetFileDatabase, (13) _XimParseStringFile, or (14) TransFileName functions.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)1%
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2693Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1854-1Advisory
- http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2013-05-23Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106781.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/23/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60120