CVE-2013-2002 Memory corruption in n/a

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

A buffer overflow in libXt allows attackers to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code via crafted input to the _XtResourceConfigurationEH function.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2013-2002?

CVE-2013-2002 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 Jun 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Buffer overflow in X.org libXt 1.1.3 and earlier allows X servers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted length or index values to the _XtResourceConfigurationEH function.

Weakness: CWE-189

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-2002?

It affects 1 product.

Products include X Libxt.

How do I fix CVE-2013-2002?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2013-2002 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-2002 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-2002, GHSA-c9x5-r9w6-9jg6.

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