Buffer overflow in xcmsdb - CVE-2013-2001

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Buffer overflow in xcmsdb - CVE-2013-2001

Published: June 15, 2013 / Updated: July 28, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU32669
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-2001
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

Buffer overflow in X.org libXxf86vm 1.1.2 and earlier allows X servers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted length or index values to the XF86VidModeGetGammaRamp function.


Affected software

xcmsdb
Amazon Linux AMI
Ubuntu
libxxf86vm (Alpine package)
libxxf86vm1 (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2013-2001

Install update from vendor's website.

xcmsdb - update to 1.1.3
libxxf86vm (Alpine package) - update to 1.1.2-r1
libxxf86vm1 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1:1.1.0-2ubuntu0.1, 1:1.1.1-2ubuntu0.1, 1:1.1.2-1ubuntu0.12.10.1, 1:1.1.2-1ubuntu0.13.04.1

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