Input validation error in libxrandr - CVE-2013-1986
Published: June 15, 2013 / Updated: August 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33891
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-2013-1986
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 libXrandr 1.4.0 and earlier allow X servers to trigger allocation of insufficient memory and a buffer overflow via vectors related to the (1) XRRQueryOutputProperty and (2) XRRQueryProviderProperty functions.
Affected software
libxrandr
Amazon Linux AMI
libxrandr (Alpine package)
Amazon Linux AMI
libxrandr (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2013-1986
Install update from vendor's website.
libxrandr - update to 1.4.1
libxrandr (Alpine package) - update to 1.3.2-r1
libxrandr (Alpine package) - update to 1.3.2-r1
External References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106857.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00156.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2684
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/23/3
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1862-1
- http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2013-05-23