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

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CVSS v3 Base Score

7.4

See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform	Package	Release Date	Advisory
Amazon Linux 1	xorg-x11-server	2013-10-23 15:21	ALAS-2013-234

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

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