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CVE-2013-2004

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-2004 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in X.org libX11 versions 1.5.99.901 (1.6 RC1) and earlier. The GetDatabase and _XimParseStringFile functions fail to restrict recursion depth when processing include directives, allowing a malicious X server to cause a stack consumption denial of service via a crafted file. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.8, indicating a medium severity with network access, medium attack complexity, and potential for partial impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.5.99.901CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:x:libx11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:x:libx11:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.58%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
72.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0158 is in the 48th 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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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: libX11

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-2004Low

libX11: unbounded recursion leading to stack-overflow

May 23, 2013

References

debian.org / security/2013/dsa-2693
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/05/23/3
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1854-1
x.org / wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2013-05-23
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