CVE-2013-1998

high

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in X.org libXi 1.7.1 and earlier allow X servers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted length or index values to the (1) XGetDeviceButtonMapping, (2) XIPassiveGrabDevice, and (3) XQueryDeviceState functions.

References

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

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1859-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60127

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/23/3

http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2683

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00161.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106913.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2013-06-15

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High