CVE-2013-4396
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5EPSS 4.1%EU EUVD
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 crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted ImageText request that triggers memory-allocation failure.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 4.1% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2013-4275)
- Published
- October 10, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-4275 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- x / x.org x11
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References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00056.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00060.html
- http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2013-October/002332.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/08/6
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1426.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2784
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62892
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1990-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1014561(Patch)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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