Vulnerability Report

CVE-2013-1940

Title: X X.Org-Xserver Information Disclosure

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2013-1940.

CWE Category CWE-264

Published Date May 13, 2013

Modified Date Apr 29, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 2.1 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.08%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2013-1940: X.Org X server before 1.13.4 and 1.4.x before 1.14.1 does not properly restrict access to input events when adding a new hot-plug device, which might allow physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information, as demonstrated by reading passwords from a tty.

Impacted Vendors

x 1

Reference Links

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/102391.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/104089.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00015.html http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2661 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/18/3 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1803-1 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=63353 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/102391.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/104089.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00015.html http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2661 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/18/3 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1803-1 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=63353

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity LOW

2.1

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2013-1940 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

April 29, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 11, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

May 13, 2013 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.