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Vulnerability CVE-2013-1997
Published: 2013-06-15 Modified: 2013-06-16
| Description: |
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. |
Type:
CWE-119 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)
CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
| CVSS Base Score |
Impact Subscore |
Exploitability Subscore |
6.8/10 |
6.4/10 |
8.6/10 |
| Exploit range |
Attack complexity |
Authentication |
Remote |
Medium |
No required |
| Confidentiality impact |
Integrity impact |
Availability impact |
Partial |
Partial |
Partial |
References: |
http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2013-05-23
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1854-1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/23/3
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2693
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106781.html
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