CVE-2013-1997
Public on 2013-06-15
Modified on 2014-11-24
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.
Severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | libX11 | 2014-11-22 | ALAS-2014-452 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | libXcursor | 2014-11-22 | ALAS-2014-452 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | libXfixes | 2014-11-22 | ALAS-2014-452 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | libXi | 2014-11-22 | ALAS-2014-452 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | libXrandr | 2014-11-22 | ALAS-2014-452 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | libXrender | 2014-11-22 | ALAS-2014-452 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | libXres | 2014-11-22 | ALAS-2014-452 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | libXt | 2014-11-22 | ALAS-2014-452 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | libXv | 2014-11-22 | ALAS-2014-452 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | libXvMC | 2014-11-22 | ALAS-2014-452 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | libXxf86dga | 2014-11-22 | ALAS-2014-452 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | libXxf86vm | 2014-11-22 | ALAS-2014-452 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | libdmx | 2014-11-22 | ALAS-2014-452 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | xorg-x11-proto-devel | 2014-11-22 | ALAS-2014-452 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv2 | 4.3 | AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |