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title: "CVE-2013-1986\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2013-1986

Publication date 23 May 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Multiple integer overflows in X.org libXrandr 1.4.0 and earlier allow X
servers to trigger allocation of insufficient memory and a buffer overflow
via vectors related to the (1) XRRQueryOutputProperty and (2)
XRRQueryProviderProperty functions.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| libxrandr | 13.04 raring | Fixed 2:1.4.0-1ubuntu1.1 |
| 12.10 quantal | Fixed 2:1.4.0-1ubuntu0.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 2:1.3.2-2ubuntu0.2 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| libxrandr-lts-quantal | 13.04 raring | Not in release |
| 12.10 quantal | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 2:1.4.0-1~precise2 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-1986?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| libxrandr | * Upstream:   [?id=1c7](http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXrandr/commit/?id=1c7ad6773ce6be00dcd6e51e9be08f203abe5071) * Upstream:   [?id=0e7](http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXrandr/commit/?id=0e79d96c36aef5889ae2e2a3fc2e96e93f30dc21) * Upstream:   [?id=1da](http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXrandr/commit/?id=1da5b838c2a8565d4d95a4e948f951ce6b466345) * Upstream:   [?id=289](http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXrandr/commit/?id=289a1927949e6f278c18d115772e454837702e35) * Upstream:   [?id=425](http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXrandr/commit/?id=4254bf0ee4c7a8f9d03841cf0d8e16cbb201dfbd) * Upstream:   [?id=c90](http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXrandr/commit/?id=c90f74497dbcb96854346435349c6e2207b530c5) |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1986)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1986)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-1986)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1986)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-1862-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1862-1)
+ libxrandr vulnerability
+ 5 June 2013

### Other references

* <http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2013-05-23>
* <http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2684>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-1986>