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title: "CVE-2013-1999\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2013-1999

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

Buffer overflow in X.org libXvMC 1.0.7 and earlier allows X servers to
cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via
crafted length or index values to the XvMCGetDRInfo function.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-1999?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| libxvmc | 13.04 raring | Fixed 2:1.0.7-1ubuntu1.13.04.1 |
| 12.10 quantal | Fixed 2:1.0.7-1ubuntu1.12.10.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 2:1.0.6-1ubuntu2.1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |

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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-2013-1999?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

watch for regression fixed in dsa-2675-2

### 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 |
| --- | --- |
| libxvmc | * Upstream:   [?id=e94](http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXvMC/commit/?id=e9415ddef2ac81d4139bd32d5e9cda9394a60051) * Upstream:   [?id=8c1](http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXvMC/commit/?id=8c164524d229adb6141fdac8336b3823e7fe1a5d) |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1999)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1999)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-1999)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1999)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-1868-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1868-1)
+ libxvmc vulnerabilities
+ 5 June 2013

### Other references

* <http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2013-05-23>
* <http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2675>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-1999>