CVE-2013-1996

Summary

CVECVE-2013-1996
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-06-15 20:55:00 UTC
Updated2015-10-16 15:06:00 UTC
DescriptionX.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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application X Libfs 1.0.1 All All All
Application X Libfs 1.0.2 All All All
Application X Libfs 1.0.3 All All All
Application X Libfs 1.0.1 All All All
Application X Libfs 1.0.2 All All All
Application X Libfs 1.0.3 All All All
Application X Libfs All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-1853-1: libfs vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2687-1 libfs DEBIAN www.debian.org
X.Org libFS 'FSOpenServer()' Memory Corruption Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
oss-security - Fwd: [ANNOUNCE] X.Org Security Advisory: Protocol handling issues in X Window System client libraries MLIST www.openwall.com
X.Org Security Advisory: May 23, 2013 CONFIRM www.x.org Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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