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CVE-2013-1997

🗓️ 15 Jun 2013 20:00:00Reported by redhatType 
cve
 cve🔗 web.nvd.nist.gov👁 70 Views

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 XAllocColorCells, _XkbReadGetDeviceInfoReply, _XkbReadGeomShapes, _XkbReadGetGeometryReply, _XkbReadKeySyms, _XkbReadKeyActions, _XkbReadKeyBehaviors, _XkbReadModifierMap, _XkbReadExplicitComponents, _XkbReadVirtualModMap, _XkbReadGetNamesReply, _XkbReadGetMapReply, _XimXGetReadData, XListFonts, XListExtensions, and XGetFontPath functions

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IBM Security Bulletins		Security Bulletin: IBM Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) Preboot is affected by vulnerability in X.Org libX11 (CVE-2013-1997)
31 Jan 201902:25
–ibm
IBM Security Bulletins		Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in xorg-x11-libX11 affects IBM Flex System Chassis Management Module (CMM)
31 Jan 201902:25
–ibm
IBM Security Bulletins		Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in libX11 affect IBM BladeCenter Advanced Management Module (AMM)
14 Apr 202314:32
–ibm
IBM Security Bulletins		Security Bulletin: IBM Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) Preboot is affected by vulnerabilities in X.Org libX11.
31 Jan 201902:25
–ibm
IBM Security Bulletins		Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in xorg-x11-libX11 affect IBM Flex System Chassis Management Module (CMM)
31 Jan 201902:25
–ibm
IBM Security Bulletins		Security Bulletin: IBM BladeCenter Advanced Management Module (AMM) is affected by vulnerability in X.Org libX11 (CVE-2013-1997)
14 Apr 202314:32
–ibm
FreeBSD		xorg -- protocol handling issues in X Window System client libraries
23 May 201300:00
–freebsd
Amazon		Medium: libX11, libXcursor, libXfixes, libXi, libXrandr, libXrender, libXres, libXt, libXv, libXvMC, libXxf86dga, libXxf86vm, libdmx, xorg-x11-proto-devel
22 Nov 201400:00
–amazon
Tenable Nessus		Amazon Linux AMI : libX11 / libXcursor,libXfixes,libXi,libXrandr,libXrender,libXres,libXt,libXv,libXvMC,libXxf86dga,libXxf86vm,libdmx,xorg-x11-proto-devel (ALAS-2014-452)
26 Nov 201400:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		CentOS 6 : libX11 / libXcursor / libXext / libXfixes / libXi / libXinerama / libXp / libXrandr / etc (CESA-2014:1436)
12 Nov 201400:00
–nessus
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NVD
Node
xlibx11Range≤1.5.99.901
OR
xlibx11Match1.5.0

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29 Apr 2026 01:13Current
9.5High risk
Vulners AI Score9.5
CVSS 26.8
EPSS0.00727
CWE-119
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