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.
Published: 2013-06-15
Score: 6.8 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2693-1 libx11 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2013-1969 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1854-1 libx11 vulnerabilities
History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00963}

epss

{'score': 0.00894}


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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Redhat Enterprise Linux
X Libx11
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T15:20:37.327Z

Reserved: 2013-02-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-1981

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-06-15T19:55:00.903

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2013-1981

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2013-05-23T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2013-1981 - Bugzilla

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