CVE-2013-1940
LOW · CVSS 2.1EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
X.Org X server before 1.13.4 and 1.4.x before 1.14.1 does not properly restrict access to input events when adding a new hot-plug device, which might allow physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information, as demonstrated by reading passwords from a tty.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 2.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (32th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2013-1932)
- Published
- May 13, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-1932 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- x / x.org-xserver
- x / x.org-xserver
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/102391.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/104089.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00015.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2661
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/18/3
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1803-1
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=63353
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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