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CVE-2013-1999

Published: 23 May 2013

Buffer overflow in X.org libXvMC 1.0.7 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 XvMCGetDRInfo function.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
watch for regression fixed in dsa-2675-2

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
libxvmc
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
lucid Ignored
(end of life)
precise
Released (2:1.0.6-1ubuntu2.1)
quantal
Released (2:1.0.7-1ubuntu1.12.10.1)
raring
Released (2:1.0.7-1ubuntu1.13.04.1)
upstream Pending
(1.0.8)
Patches:
upstream: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXvMC/commit/?id=e9415ddef2ac81d4139bd32d5e9cda9394a60051 (1/1)
upstream: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXvMC/commit/?id=8c164524d229adb6141fdac8336b3823e7fe1a5d (regression?)