CVE-2013-4396

Public on 2013-10-10
Modified on 2014-09-16
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.
Severity
Important severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
7.4
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 xorg-x11-server 2013-10-23 ALAS-2013-234 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 7.4 AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD CVSSv2 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity Red Hat: CVE-2013-4396 Mitre: CVE-2013-4396