CVE-2013-4396

Summary

CVECVE-2013-4396
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-10-10 10:55:00 UTC
Updated2016-11-28 19:09:00 UTC
DescriptionUse-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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-399

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application X X.org X11 6.0 All All All
Application X X.org X11 6.1 All All All
Application X X.org X11 6.3 All All All
Application X X.org X11 6.4 All All All
Application X X.org X11 6.5.1 All All All
Application X X.org X11 6.6 All All All
Application X X.org X11 6.7 All All All
Application X X.org X11 6.8 All All All
Application X X.org X11 6.8.1 All All All
Application X X.org X11 6.8.2 All All All
Application X X.org X11 6.9.0 All All All
Application X X.org X11 7.0 All All All
Application X X.org X11 7.1 All All All
Application X X.org X11 7.2 All All All
Application X X.org X11 7.3 All All All
Application X X.org X11 7.4 All All All
Application X X.org X11 7.5 All All All
Application X X.org X11 7.5 rc1 All All
Application X X.org X11 7.6 All All All
Application X X.org X11 7.6 rc1 All All
Application X X.org X11 7.7 All All All
Application X X.org X11 7.7 rc1 All All
Application X X.org X11 6.0 All All All
Application X X.org X11 6.1 All All All
Application X X.org X11 6.3 All All All
Application X X.org X11 6.4 All All All
Application X X.org X11 6.5.1 All All All
Application X X.org X11 6.6 All All All
Application X X.org X11 6.7 All All All
Application X X.org X11 6.8 All All All
Application X X.org X11 6.8.1 All All All
Application X X.org X11 6.8.2 All All All
Application X X.org X11 6.9.0 All All All
Application X X.org X11 7.0 All All All
Application X X.org X11 7.1 All All All
Application X X.org X11 7.2 All All All
Application X X.org X11 7.3 All All All
Application X X.org X11 7.4 All All All
Application X X.org X11 7.5 All All All
Application X X.org X11 7.5 rc1 All All
Application X X.org X11 7.6 All All All
Application X X.org X11 7.6 rc1 All All
Application X X.org X11 7.7 All All All
Application X X.org X11 7.7 rc1 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
openSUSE-SU-2013:1614-1: moderate: update for xorg-x11-server SUSE lists.opensuse.org
oss-security - Fwd: X.Org security advisory: CVE-2013-4396: Use after free in Xserver handling of ImageText requests MLIST openwall.com
X.Org security advisory: CVE-2013-4396: Use after free in Xserver handling of ImageText requests MLIST lists.x.org Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2784-1 xorg-server DEBIAN www.debian.org
X.Org X Server 'dixfonts.c' Use-After-Free Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
USN-1990-1: X.Org X server vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
openSUSE-SU-2013:1610-1: moderate: update for xorg-x11-server SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
1014561 – (CVE-2013-4396) CVE-2013-4396 xorg-x11-server: use-after-free flaw when handling ImageText requests CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Patch
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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