CVE-2013-2005

Summary

CVECVE-2013-2005
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-06-15 20:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionX.org libXt 1.1.3 and earlier does not check the return value of the XGetWindowProperty function, which allows X servers to trigger use of an uninitialized pointer and memory corruption via vectors related to the (1) ReqCleanup, (2) HandleSelectionEvents, (3) ReqTimedOut, (4) HandleNormal, and (5) HandleSelectionReplies functions.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application X Libxt 1.0.3 All All All
Application X Libxt 1.0.4 All All All
Application X Libxt 1.0.5 All All All
Application X Libxt 1.0.6 All All All
Application X Libxt 1.0.7 All All All
Application X Libxt 1.0.8 All All All
Application X Libxt 1.0.9 All All All
Application X Libxt 1.1.1 All All All
Application X Libxt 1.1.2 All All All
Application X Libxt All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Fwd: [ANNOUNCE] X.Org Security Advisory: Protocol handling issues in X Window System client libraries af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
USN-1865-1: libxt vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 19 Update: libXt-1.1.3-4.20130524git1f4802b74.fc19 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
X.Org Security Advisory: May 23, 2013 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.x.org Vendor Advisory
X.Org libXt CVE-2013-2005 Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2680-1 libxt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
openSUSE-SU-2013:1008-1: moderate: update for libXt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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