CVE-2013-4396
N/A
Published: October 10, 2013 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:57 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorX.org X11
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the doImageText function in dix/dixfonts.c in the xorg-server module before 1.14.4 in X.Org X11 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted ImageText request that triggers memory-allocation failure.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (9)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00056.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00060.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2013-October/002332.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/08/6Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1426.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2784Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-399
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