CVE-2013-1997

Multiple buffer overflows in X.org libX11 1.5.99.901 (1.6 RC1) and earlier allow X servers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted length or index values to the (1) XAllocColorCells, (2) _XkbReadGetDeviceInfoReply, (3) _XkbReadGeomShapes, (4) _XkbReadGetGeometryReply, (5) _XkbReadKeySyms, (6) _XkbReadKeyActions, (7) _XkbReadKeyBehaviors, (8) _XkbReadModifierMap, (9) _XkbReadExplicitComponents, (10) _XkbReadVirtualModMap, (11) _XkbReadGetNamesReply, (12) _XkbReadGetMapReply, (13) _XimXGetReadData, (14) XListFonts, (15) XListExtensions, and (16) XGetFontPath functions.

CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

6.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2013-05-23	Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/23/3
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1854-1
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2693
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106781.html

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:x:libx11:1.5.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:x:libx11::::::::

Information

Published : 2013-06-15 13:55

Updated : 2013-11-30 20:27

NVD link : CVE-2013-1997

Mitre link : CVE-2013-1997

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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Products Affected

x

libx11

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