CVE-2013-2004

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

The (1) GetDatabase and (2) _XimParseStringFile functions in X.org libX11 1.5.99.901 (1.6 RC1) and earlier do not restrict the recursion depth when processing directives to include files, which allows X servers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption) via a crafted file.

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	`2:1.5.0-1+deb7u1`
sid	Fixed	`2:1.5.0-1+deb7u1`
forky	Fixed	`2:1.5.0-1+deb7u1`
bullseye	Fixed	`2:1.5.0-1+deb7u1`
bookworm	Fixed	`2:1.5.0-1+deb7u1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
x	libx11	`{"endIncluding":"1.5.99.901"}`
x	libx11	`1.5.0`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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