Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 15, 2013· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2013-1981
CVE-2013-1981
Description
Multiple integer overflows in X.org libX11 1.5.99.901 (1.6 RC1) and earlier allow X servers to trigger allocation of insufficient memory and a buffer overflow via vectors related to the (1) XQueryFont, (2) _XF86BigfontQueryFont, (3) XListFontsWithInfo, (4) XGetMotionEvents, (5) XListHosts, (6) XGetModifierMapping, (7) XGetPointerMapping, (8) XGetKeyboardMapping, (9) XGetWindowProperty, (10) XGetImage, (11) LoadColornameDB, (12) XrmGetFileDatabase, (13) _XimParseStringFile, or (14) TransFileName functions.
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Affected products
6cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
6- www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2693nvdVendor Advisory
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1854-1nvdVendor Advisory
- www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2013-05-23nvdVendor Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106781.htmlnvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/23/3nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/60120nvd
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