CVE-2013-1982

Severity

68%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

106%

Multiple integer overflows in X.org libXext 1.3.1 and earlier allow X servers to trigger allocation of insufficient memory and a buffer overflow via vectors related to the (1) XcupGetReservedColormapEntries, (2) XcupStoreColors, (3) XdbeGetVisualInfo, (4) XeviGetVisualInfo, (5) XShapeGetRectangles, and (6) XSyncListSystemCounters functions.

Multiple integer overflows in X.org libXext 1.3.1 and earlier allow X servers to trigger allocation of insufficient memory and a buffer overflow via vectors related to the (1) XcupGetReservedColormapEntries, (2) XcupStoreColors, (3) XdbeGetVisualInfo, (4) XeviGetVisualInfo, (5) XShapeGetRectangles, and (6) XSyncListSystemCounters functions.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

x.org libXext

First reported 11 years ago

2013-06-15 19:55:00

Last updated 11 years ago

2013-06-21 03:17:00

Affected Software

x.org libXext 1.0.99.2

1.0.99.2

x.org libXext 1.0.99.3

1.0.99.3

x.org libXext 1.0.99.4

1.0.99.4

x.org libXext 1.1

1.1

x.org libXext 1.1.1

1.1.1

x.org libXext 1.1.2

1.1.2

x.org libXext 1.2.0

1.2.0

x.org libXext 1.3.0

1.3.0

References

openSUSE-SU-2013:1009

DSA-2682

[oss-security] 20130523 Fwd: [ANNOUNCE] X.Org Security Advisory: Protocol handling issues in X Window System client libraries

USN-1857-1

http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2013-05-23

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