Vulnerability in X X.org X11
CVE-2013-4396
Use-after-free vulnerability in the doImageText function in dix/dixfonts.c in the xorg-server module before 1.14.4 in X.Org X11 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted ImageText request that triggers memory-allocation failure.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.041 (90.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 90.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.041 · newest: 0.041 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- X X.org X11 — versions 6.0, 6.1, 6.3
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00056.html (vendor-advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1426.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00060.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2784 (vendor-advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1990-1 (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/62892 (vdb-entry)
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/08/6 (mailing-list)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch)
- lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2013-October/002332.html (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list)