# CVE-2013-2190: Denial of service in n/a

> A flaw in Clutter allows physically proximate attackers to crash gnome-shell and access the previous session upon system resume.

- **Severity:** Low 2.1 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 17 Oct 2013
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2013-2190, GHSA-m6j8-h7w8-9hwm, MGASA-2013-0312

## What is CVE-2013-2190?

CVE-2013-2190 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Opensuse Opensuse, published on 17 Oct 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The translate_hierarchy_event function in x11/clutter-device-manager-xi2.c in Clutter, when resuming the system, does not properly handle XIQueryDevice errors when a device has "disappeared," which causes the gnome-shell to crash and allows physically proximate attackers to access the previous gnome-shell session via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-2190?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Clutter Project Clutter, Opensuse Opensuse.

## How do I fix CVE-2013-2190?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2013-2190 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-2190 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Opensuse Opensuse

- [CVE-2015-3213](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-3213/): Auth bypass in n/a (high 7.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2013-2190 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2013-2190 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Opensuse Opensuse, published on 17 Oct 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-2190 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Opensuse Opensuse. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2190/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2190/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2190
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2190
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-2190

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