CVE - CVE-2013-4396

CVE-ID
CVE-2013-4396	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the doImageText function in dix/dixfonts.c in the xorg-server module before 1.14.4 in X.Org X11 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted ImageText request that triggers memory-allocation failure.
References
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BID:62892 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62892 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1014561 DEBIAN:DSA-2784 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2784 MLIST:[oss-security] 20131008 Fwd: X.Org security advisory: CVE-2013-4396: Use after free in Xserver handling of ImageText requests URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/08/6 MLIST:[xorg-announce] 20131008 X.Org security advisory: CVE-2013-4396: Use after free in Xserver handling of ImageText requests URL:http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2013-October/002332.html REDHAT:RHSA-2013:1426 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1426.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2013:1610 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00056.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2013:1614 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00060.html UBUNTU:USN-1990-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1990-1
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20130612	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20130612)
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