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CVE-2013-1993

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-1993 describes multiple integer overflows in X.org libGLX, specifically affecting Mesa 9.1.1 and earlier versions of mesa3d libglx and x libglx. These overflows, occurring in XF86DRIOpenConnection and XF86DRIGetClientDriverName functions, enable X servers to cause insufficient memory allocation, leading to a buffer overflow. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring medium attack complexity and potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 9.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mesa3d:mesa:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mesa3d:mesa:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mesa3d:mesa:9.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mesa3d:mesa:9.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mesa3d:mesa:9.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.69%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0269 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 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 (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: mesa-0:6.5.1-7.11.el5_9
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: mesa-0:9.0-0.8.el6_4.3
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-1993Moderate

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

May 23, 2013

References

advisories.mageia.org / MGASA-2013-0190.html
lists.freedesktop.org / archives/mesa-dev/2013-May/039720.html
lists.freedesktop.org / archives/mesa-dev/2013-May/039722.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00007.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-0897.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-0898.html
debian.org / security/2013/dsa-2678
mandriva.com / security/advisories
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/05/23/3
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1888-1
x.org / wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2013-05-23
Vendor Advisory