CVE-2013-1998
EPSS 0.90%
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in X.org libXi 1.7.1 and earlier allow X servers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted length or index values to the (1) XGetDeviceButtonMapping, (2) XIPassiveGrabDevice, and (3) XQueryDeviceState functions.
How to fix CVE-2013-1998
To remediate CVE-2013-1998, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/libxi—upgrade to 2:1.6.1-1+deb7u1 or later
Is CVE-2013-1998 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.9%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2:1.6.1-1+deb7u1