Input validation error in libxi - CVE-2013-1984
Published: June 15, 2013 / Updated: August 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33885
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-2013-1984
CWE-ID: CWE-20
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 integer overflows in X.org libXi 1.7.1 and earlier allow X servers to trigger allocation of insufficient memory and a buffer overflow via vectors related to the (1) XGetDeviceControl, (2) XGetFeedbackControl, (3) XGetDeviceDontPropagateList, (4) XGetDeviceMotionEvents, (5) XIGetProperty, (6) XIGetSelectedEvents, (7) XGetDeviceProperties, and (8) XListInputDevices functions.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-1984
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.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1859-1
- http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2013-05-23