CVE-2013-1996

medium

Published 2013-06-15 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.8

Description

X.org libFS 1.0.4 and earlier allows X servers to trigger allocation of insufficient memory and a buffer overflow via vectors related to an unexpected sign extension in the FSOpenServer function.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`2:1.0.4-1+deb7u1`
sid	Fixed	`2:1.0.4-1+deb7u1`
forky	Fixed	`2:1.0.4-1+deb7u1`
bullseye	Fixed	`2:1.0.4-1+deb7u1`
bookworm	Fixed	`2:1.0.4-1+deb7u1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
x	libfs	`{"endIncluding":"1.0.4"}`
x	libfs	`1.0.1`
x	libfs	`1.0.2`
x	libfs	`1.0.3`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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