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CVE-2013-1997

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8 EPSS 2.11%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2013-06-15 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2013-1997
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.8
EPSS
2.11%

Original NVD Description

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.