CVE-2013-1997
libX11 < 1.5.99.901 - Multiple Buffer Overflows in XAllocColorCells and Other Functions
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106781.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1854-1
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/23/3
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2013-05-23
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2693
Scores
EPSS
0.0211
EPSS Percentile
79.6%
Details
CWE
CWE-119
Status
published
Products (2)
x/libx11
1.5.0
x/libx11
< 1.5.99.901
Published
Jun 15, 2013
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026