Buffer overflow in libxvmc - CVE-2013-1999
Published: June 15, 2013 / Updated: August 3, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33310
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-2013-1999
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 libXvMC 1.0.7 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 XvMCGetDRInfo function.
Affected software
libxvmc
Amazon Linux AMI
libxvmc (Alpine package)
Amazon Linux AMI
libxvmc (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2013-1999
Install update from vendor's website.
libxvmc - update to 1.0.8
libxvmc (Alpine package) - update to 1.0.7-r1
libxvmc (Alpine package) - update to 1.0.7-r1
External References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106766.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00153.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2675
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/23/3
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1868-1
- http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2013-05-23