Input validation error in libxvmc - CVE-2013-1990
Published: June 15, 2013 / Updated: August 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33888
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-2013-1990
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.
Multiple integer overflows in X.org libXvMC 1.0.7 and earlier allow X servers to trigger allocation of insufficient memory and a buffer overflow via vectors related to the (1) XvMCListSurfaceTypes and (2) XvMCListSubpictureTypes functions.
Affected software
libxvmc
Amazon Linux AMI
Ubuntu
libxvmc (Alpine package)
libxvmc1 (Ubuntu package)
Amazon Linux AMI
Ubuntu
libxvmc (Alpine package)
libxvmc1 (Ubuntu package)
How to mitigate CVE-2013-1990
Install update from vendor's website.
libxvmc - update to 1.0.8
libxvmc (Alpine package) - update to 1.0.7-r1
libxvmc1 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2:1.0.6-1ubuntu2.1, 2:1.0.7-1ubuntu1.12.10.1, 2:1.0.7-1ubuntu1.13.04.1
libxvmc (Alpine package) - update to 1.0.7-r1
libxvmc1 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2:1.0.6-1ubuntu2.1, 2:1.0.7-1ubuntu1.12.10.1, 2:1.0.7-1ubuntu1.13.04.1
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
Related Security Bulletins
- Input validation error in xorg.freedesktop libxvmc
- Input validation error in libxvmc (Alpine package)
- Amazon Linux AMI update for libX11, libXcursor, libXfixes, libXi, libXrandr, libXrender, libXres, libXt, libXv, libXvMC, libXxf86dga, libXxf86vm, libdmx, xorg-x11-proto-devel
- Ubuntu update for libxvmc