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CVE-2013-1997

CVE-2013-1997

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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.

EPSS 2.1% · Fix available

Published
Updated

Stack: system

Affected products and versions

  • n/a

    Versions
    • n/a: Affected

    No fix published

  • libx11 Debian:12

    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 2:1.5.0-1+deb7u1

    Update to 2:1.5.0-1+deb7u1

  • libx11 Debian:13

    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 2:1.5.0-1+deb7u1

    Update to 2:1.5.0-1+deb7u1

  • libx11 Debian:14

    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 2:1.5.0-1+deb7u1

    Update to 2:1.5.0-1+deb7u1

Original sources

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