CVE-2013-7439
N/A
Published: April 16, 2015 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:01 AM UTC
4 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxX11
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
Description
Multiple off-by-one errors in the (1) MakeBigReq and (2) SetReqLen macros in include/X11/Xlibint.h in X11R6.x and libX11 before 1.6.0 allow remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted request, which triggers a buffer overflow.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (7)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2015-April/002561.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q2/81Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3224x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73962Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2568-1x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56508Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-189
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