Input validation error in libxfixes - CVE-2013-1983
Published: June 15, 2013 / Updated: August 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33896
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-2013-1983
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 libXfixes 5.0 and earlier allows X servers to trigger allocation of insufficient memory and a buffer overflow via vectors related to the XFixesGetCursorImage function.
Affected software
libxfixes
Amazon Linux AMI
libxfixes (Alpine package)
Amazon Linux AMI
libxfixes (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2013-1983
Install update from vendor's website.
libxfixes - update to 5.0.1
libxfixes (Alpine package) - update to 5.0-r2
libxfixes (Alpine package) - update to 5.0-r2
External References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106794.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00144.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2676
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/23/3
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1858-1
- http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2013-05-23