CVE-2013-1982

medium
Published 2013-06-15 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
VIR risk
6.8

Description

Multiple integer overflows in X.org libXext 1.3.1 and earlier allow X servers to trigger allocation of insufficient memory and a buffer overflow via vectors related to the (1) XcupGetReservedColormapEntries, (2) XcupStoreColors, (3) XdbeGetVisualInfo, (4) XeviGetVisualInfo, (5) XShapeGetRectangles, and (6) XSyncListSystemCounters functions.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed2:1.3.1-2+deb7u1
debian debianbullseyefixed2:1.3.1-2+deb7u1
debian debianforkyfixed2:1.3.1-2+deb7u1
debian debiansidfixed2:1.3.1-2+deb7u1
debian debiantrixiefixed2:1.3.1-2+deb7u1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
xlibxext{"endIncluding":"1.3.1"}
xlibxext1.0.99.2
xlibxext1.0.99.3
xlibxext1.0.99.4
xlibxext1.1
xlibxext1.1.1
xlibxext1.1.2
xlibxext1.2.0
xlibxext1.3.0

References

CWEs

CWE-189

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