Buffer overflow in libxi - CVE-2013-1998
Published: June 15, 2013 / Updated: August 3, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33308
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-1998
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: xorg.freedesktop.org
Affected software:
libxi
libxi
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
Multiple buffer overflows in X.org libXi 1.7.1 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) XGetDeviceButtonMapping, (2) XIPassiveGrabDevice, and (3) XQueryDeviceState functions.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-1998
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106913.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00161.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2683
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/23/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60127
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1859-1
- http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2013-05-23