What is the severity of CVE-2013-1997?

CVE-2013-1997 has a high severity level due to its potential to cause denial of service and execute arbitrary code.

How do I fix CVE-2013-1997?

To fix CVE-2013-1997, update your libX11 package to version 1.6 or later.

What does CVE-2013-1997 affect?

CVE-2013-1997 affects X.org libX11 versions up to and including 1.5.99.901 and the exact version 1.5.0.

What are the consequences of CVE-2013-1997?

The consequences of CVE-2013-1997 include crashes of the X server and potential arbitrary code execution.

Is CVE-2013-1997 actively exploited?

There have been no public reports indicating active exploitation of CVE-2013-1997, but it remains a risk due to its severity.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2013-1997

medium

6.8

CWE

119

15/6/2013

6/8/2024

CVE-2013-1997: Buffer Overflow

First published: Sat Jun 15 2013(Updated: )

Multiple buffer overflows in X.org libX11 1.5.99.901 (1.6 RC1) 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) XAllocColorCells, (2) _XkbReadGetDeviceInfoReply, (3) _XkbReadGeomShapes, (4) _XkbReadGetGeometryReply, (5) _XkbReadKeySyms, (6) _XkbReadKeyActions, (7) _XkbReadKeyBehaviors, (8) _XkbReadModifierMap, (9) _XkbReadExplicitComponents, (10) _XkbReadVirtualModMap, (11) _XkbReadGetNamesReply, (12) _XkbReadGetMapReply, (13) _XimXGetReadData, (14) XListFonts, (15) XListExtensions, and (16) XGetFontPath functions.

Credit: secalert@redhat.com

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
Red Hat Libx11	<=1.5.99.901
Red Hat Libx11	=1.5.0

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-1997?
CVE-2013-1997 has a high severity level due to its potential to cause denial of service and execute arbitrary code.
How do I fix CVE-2013-1997?
To fix CVE-2013-1997, update your libX11 package to version 1.6 or later.
What does CVE-2013-1997 affect?
CVE-2013-1997 affects X.org libX11 versions up to and including 1.5.99.901 and the exact version 1.5.0.
What are the consequences of CVE-2013-1997?
The consequences of CVE-2013-1997 include crashes of the X server and potential arbitrary code execution.
Is CVE-2013-1997 actively exploited?
There have been no public reports indicating active exploitation of CVE-2013-1997, but it remains a risk due to its severity.

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