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Out-of-Bounds Affecting libx11 package, versions <2:1.5.0-1+deb7u1

0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 1.47% (87th percentile)
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NVD
6.3 medium
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Red Hat
5 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-LIBX11-339109
  • published 15 Jun 2013
  • disclosed 15 Jun 2013
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Introduced: 15 Jun 2013

CVE-2013-1997 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-119 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 libx11 to version 2:1.5.0-1+deb7u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libx11 package and not the libx11 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.