| Name | CVE-2013-1997 |
| Description | 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 (1) XAllocColorCells, (2) _XkbReadGetDeviceInfoReply, (3) _XkbReadGeomShapes, (4) _XkbReadGetGeometryReply, (5) _XkbReadKeySyms, (6) _XkbReadKeyActions, (7) _XkbReadKeyBehaviors, (8) _XkbReadModifierMap, (9) _XkbReadExplicitComponents, (10) _XkbReadVirtualModMap, (11) _XkbReadGetNamesReply, (12) _XkbReadGetMapReply, (13) _XimXGetReadData, (14) XListFonts, (15) XListExtensions, and (16) XGetFontPath functions. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-2693-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| libx11 (PTS) | bullseye (security), bullseye | 2:1.7.2-1+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 2:1.8.4-2+deb12u2 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 2:1.8.7-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| libx11 | source | squeeze | 2:1.3.3-4+squeeze1 | DSA-2693-1 | ||
| libx11 | source | wheezy | 2:1.5.0-1+deb7u1 | DSA-2693-1 | ||
| libx11 | source | (unstable) | 2:1.5.0-1+deb7u1 |