CVE - CVE-2013-1998

CVE-ID
CVE-2013-1998	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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
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BID:60127 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60127 CONFIRM:http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2013-05-23 DEBIAN:DSA-2683 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2683 FEDORA:FEDORA-2013-9046 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106913.html MLIST:[oss-security] 20130523 Fwd: [ANNOUNCE] X.Org Security Advisory: Protocol handling issues in X Window System client libraries URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/23/3 SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2013:1033 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00161.html UBUNTU:USN-1859-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1859-1
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20130219	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 (20130219)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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