CVE-2013-1996

MEDIUM 6.8CVE-2013-1996 · Published 15/06/2013 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2013-1996 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability affecting libfs (x).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.3%, higher than 69.7% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
libfs x	`= 1.0.1= 1.0.2= 1.0.3≤ 1.0.4`	No fix yet

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.

References

debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2687
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/23/3
securityfocus.com/bid/60130
ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1853-1
x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2013-05-23 · Vendor Advisory

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