Input validation error in libxinerama - CVE-2013-1985

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Input validation error in libxinerama - CVE-2013-1985

Published: June 15, 2013 / Updated: August 3, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU33312
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-2013-1985
CWE-ID: CWE-20
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.

Integer overflow in X.org libXinerama 1.1.2 and earlier allows X servers to trigger allocation of insufficient memory and a buffer overflow via vectors related to the XineramaQueryScreens function.


Affected software

libxinerama
Amazon Linux AMI
Ubuntu
libxinerama (Alpine package)
libxinerama1 (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2013-1985

Install update from vendor's website.

libxinerama - update to 1.1.3
libxinerama (Alpine package) - addressed in versions 1.1.2-r0, 1.1.2-r1
libxinerama1 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2:1.1.1-3ubuntu0.1, 2:1.1.2-1ubuntu0.12.10.1, 2:1.1.2-1ubuntu0.13.04.1

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