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title: "CVE-2013-1995\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2013-1995

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

X.org libXi 1.7.1 and earlier allows X servers to trigger allocation of
insufficient memory and a buffer overflow via vectors related to an
unexpected sign extension in the XListInputDevices function.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| libxi | 13.04 raring | Fixed 2:1.6.99.1-0ubuntu3.1 |
| 12.10 quantal | Fixed 2:1.6.1-1ubuntu0.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 2:1.6.0-0ubuntu2.1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 2:1.3-3ubuntu0.2 |

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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-2013-1995?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 |
| --- | --- |
| libxi | * Upstream:   [?id=81b](http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXi/commit/?id=81b4df8ac6aa1520c41c3526961014a6f115cc46) |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1995)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1995)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-1995)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1995)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-1859-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1859-1)
+ libxi vulnerabilities
+ 5 June 2013

### Other references

* <http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2013-05-23>
* <http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2683>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-1995>
