CVE-2013-1988

MEDIUM 6.8CVE-2013-1988 · Published 15/06/2013 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2013-1988 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability affecting libxres (x).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.0%, higher than 80.4% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
libxres x	`= 1.0.1= 1.0.2= 1.0.3= 1.0.4= 1.0.5≤ 1.0.6`	No fix yet

Description

Multiple integer overflows in X.org libXRes 1.0.6 and earlier allow X servers to trigger allocation of insufficient memory and a buffer overflow via vectors related to the (1) XResQueryClients and (2) XResQueryClientResources functions.

References

lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106880.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00155.html
debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2688
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/23/3
ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1864-1
x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2013-05-23 · Vendor Advisory

Running one of these products? Scan your site to see whether it exposes a vulnerable version.

Scan my site free