6.8
CVSSv2

CVE-2013-1995

Published: 15/06/2013 Updated: 24/08/2020
CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.8 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 8.6
VMScore: 605
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

X.org libXi 1.7.1 and previous versions allows X servers to trigger allocation of insufficient memory and a buffer overflow via vectors related to an unexpected sign extension in the XListInputDevices function.

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x.org libxi 1.6.1

x.org libxi 1.6.0

x.org libxi

x.org libxi 1.6.99.1

x.org libxi 1.6.2

x.org libxi 1.7

x.org libxi 1.5.0

x.org libxi 1.5.99.2

x.org libxi 1.5.99.3

Vendor Advisories

Several security issues were fixed in libxi ...
Ilja van Sprundel of IOActive discovered several security issues in multiple components of the Xorg graphics stack and the related libraries: Various integer overflows, sign handling errors in integer conversions, buffer overflows, memory corruption and missing input sanitising may lead to privilege escalation or denial of service For the oldstab ...
Multiple integer overflow flaws, leading to heap-based buffer overflows, were found in the way various X11 client libraries handled certain protocol data An attacker able to submit invalid protocol data to an X11 server via a malicious X11 client could use either of these flaws to potentially escalate their privileges on the system (CVE-2013-1981 ...
A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the XListInputDevices() function of XOrg X11's libXi runtime library handled signed numbers A malicious X11 server could possibly use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running an X11 client ...