CVE-2013-2004

MEDIUM 6.8CVE-2013-2004 · Published 15/06/2013 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2013-2004 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability affecting libx11 (x).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.6%, higher than 75.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
libx11 x	`= 1.5.0≤ 1.5.99.901`	No fix yet

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.

References

debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2693
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/23/3
ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1854-1
x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2013-05-23 · Vendor Advisory

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