Vulnerability CVE-2013-1998
Published: 2013-06-15   Modified: 2013-06-16

Description:
Multiple buffer overflows in X.org libXi 1.7.1 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) XGetDeviceButtonMapping, (2) XIPassiveGrabDevice, and (3) XQueryDeviceState functions.

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
Affected software
X -> Libxi 

 References:
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106913.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00161.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2683
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/23/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60127
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1859-1
http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2013-05-23
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