Description
X.org libFS 1.0.4 and earlier allows X servers to trigger allocation of insufficient memory and a buffer overflow via vectors related to an unexpected sign extension in the FSOpenServer function.
Published: 2013-06-15
Score: 6.8 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2687-1 libfs security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2013-1984 X.org libFS 1.0.4 and earlier allows X servers to trigger allocation of insufficient memory and a buffer overflow via vectors related to an unexpected sign extension in the FSOpenServer function.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1853-1 libfs vulnerability
History

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00545}

epss

{'score': 0.00683}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T15:20:37.363Z

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

Link: CVE-2013-1996

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-06-15T20:55:00.840

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

Link: CVE-2013-1996

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

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

Links: CVE-2013-1996 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses