Vulnerability in X Libx11
CVE-2013-1981
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.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.014 (71.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 71st percentile — 71.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- X Libx11 — versions 1.5.0
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 10.04, 12.04, 12.10
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/60120 (vdb-entry)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106781.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1854-1 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/23/3 (mailing-list)
- www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2013-05-23 (Vendor Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2693 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)