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title: "CVE-2013-2064\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2013-2064

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

Integer overflow in X.org libxcb 1.9 and earlier allows X servers to
trigger allocation of insufficient memory and a buffer overflow via vectors
related to the read\_packet function.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| libxcb | 13.04 raring | Fixed 1.8.1-2ubuntu2.1 |
| 12.10 quantal | Fixed 1.8.1-1ubuntu1.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 1.8.1-1ubuntu0.2 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 1.5-2ubuntu0.1 |

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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-2013-2064?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 |
| --- | --- |
| libxcb | * Upstream:   [?id=1b3](http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xcb/libxcb/commit/?id=1b33867fa996034deb50819ae54640be501f8d20) |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-2064)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2064)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-2064)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-2064)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-1855-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1855-1)
+ libxcb vulnerability
+ 5 June 2013

### Other references

* <http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2013-05-23>
* <http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2686>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2064>
