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CVE-2013-1988

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-1988 describes multiple integer overflow vulnerabilities in X.org libXRes versions 1.0.6 and earlier, impacting X servers. These flaws, specifically within the XResQueryClients and XResQueryClientResources functions, can lead to insufficient memory allocation and subsequent buffer overflows. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring network access and medium attack complexity to achieve partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. 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
<= 1.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxres:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxres:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxres:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxres:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxres:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.97%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0197 is in the 62nd percentile among its peer group of 19,954 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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 (23)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libdmx-0:1.1.3-3.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libX11-0:1.6.0-2.2.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libxcb-0:1.9.1-2.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libXcursor-0:1.1.14-2.1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libXext-0:1.3.2-2.1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libXfixes-0:5.0.1-2.1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libXi-0:1.7.2-2.2.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libXinerama-0:1.1.3-2.1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libXp-0:1.0.2-2.1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libXrandr-0:1.4.1-2.1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libXrender-0:0.9.8-2.1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libXres-0:1.0.7-2.1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libXt-0:1.1.4-6.1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libXtst-0:1.2.2-2.1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libXv-0:1.0.9-2.1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libXvMC-0:1.0.8-2.1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libXxf86dga-0:1.1.4-2.1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libXxf86vm-0:1.1.3-2.1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: xcb-proto-0:1.8-3.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: xkeyboard-config-0:2.11-1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: xorg-x11-proto-devel-0:7.7-9.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: xorg-x11-xtrans-devel-0:1.3.4-1.el6
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redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: libXres

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-1988Moderate

libXRes: Multiple integer overflows leading to heap-based bufer overflows

May 23, 2013

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106880.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00155.html
debian.org / security/2013/dsa-2688
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/05/23/3
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1864-1
x.org / wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2013-05-23
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