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CVE-2013-1981

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered Topic
2013-06-04 xorg -- protocol handling issues in X Window System client libraries

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Details

Type Candidate
Name CVE-2013-1981
Phase Assigned(20130219)

Description

Multiple integer overflows in X.org libX11 1.5.99.901 (1.6 RC1) and earlier allow X servers to trigger allocation of insufficient memory and a buffer overflow via vectors related to the (1) XQueryFont, (2) _XF86BigfontQueryFont, (3) XListFontsWithInfo, (4) XGetMotionEvents, (5) XListHosts, (6) XGetModifierMapping, (7) XGetPointerMapping, (8) XGetKeyboardMapping, (9) XGetWindowProperty, (10) XGetImage, (11) LoadColornameDB, (12) XrmGetFileDatabase, (13) _XimParseStringFile, or (14) TransFileName functions.

References

Source Reference
MLIST [oss-security] 20130523 Fwd: [ANNOUNCE] X.Org Security Advisory: Protocol handling issues in X Window System client libraries
CONFIRM http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2013-05-23
DEBIAN DSA-2693
FEDORA FEDORA-2013-9079
UBUNTU USN-1854-1