CVE-2013-1940

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-1940 describes a vulnerability in X.Org X server versions prior to 1.13.4 and 1.4.x before 1.14.1, affecting Canonical Ubuntu Linux and X.Org X server products. This flaw allows physically proximate attackers to access input events when a new hot-plug device is added, potentially enabling them to read sensitive information like passwords from a tty. With a CVSS score of 2.1 (low severity, local access, no authentication required, partial confidentiality impact), the vulnerability requires physical proximity for exploitation. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.13.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:x:x.org-xserver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:x:x.org-xserver:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
30.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0038 is in the 43rd percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: xorg-x11-server-0:1.13.0-23.el6
View patch