CVE-2013-4396
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 4.07% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 90.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2013-10-10 10:00Z13 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 16:45Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2013-06-12
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 2014957dd9954a13809100470eb58b741f5a93a13672e05f3bc9172b78b154e1
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2013:1610http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00056.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2013:1426http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1426.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2013:1614http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00060.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-2784http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2784
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1990-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1990-1
- www.securityfocus.com62892http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62892
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20131008 Fwd: X.Org security advisory: CVE-2013-4396: Use after free in Xserver handling of ImageText requestshttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/08/6
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1014561
- lists.x.org[xorg-announce] 20131008 X.Org security advisory: CVE-2013-4396: Use after free in Xserver handling of ImageText requestshttp://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2013-October/002332.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- xorg-server Fixed in 2:1.14.3-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- xorg-server Fixed in 2:1.14.3-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- xorg-server Fixed in 2:1.14.3-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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