Vulnerability Report

CVE-2013-2005

Title: X Libxt Memory Corruption

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2013-2005.

CWE Category CWE-119

Published Date Jun 15, 2013

Modified Date Apr 29, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 6.8 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.68%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2013-2005: X.org libXt 1.1.3 and earlier does not check the return value of the XGetWindowProperty function, which allows X servers to trigger use of an uninitialized pointer and memory corruption via vectors related to the (1) ReqCleanup, (2) HandleSelectionEvents, (3) ReqTimedOut, (4) HandleNormal, and (5) HandleSelectionReplies functions.

Impacted Vendors

x 1

Reference Links

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106785.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00138.html http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2680 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/23/3 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60133 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1865-1 http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2013-05-23 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106785.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00138.html http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2680 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/23/3 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60133 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1865-1 http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2013-05-23

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.8

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2013-2005 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.

June 15, 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:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.