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CVE-2013-1056 json

X.org X server 1.13.3 and earlier, when not run as root, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly gain privilege…

published 13y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2013-1096

cvss
1.9
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 27%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

X.org X server 1.13.3 and earlier, when not run as root, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly gain privileges via vectors involving cached xkb files.

Patch / fix

  • xorg-server Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 2:1.14.4-1ubuntu2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2013-1056

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2013-1056 updated cvss 1.9

xorg-x11-server: local DoS vulnerability

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 xorg-x11-server Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 xorg-x11-server, xorg-x11-server-Xdmx, xorg-x11-server-Xorg, xorg-x11-server-Xvfb, xorg-x11-server-Xnest, xorg-x11-server-common, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 xorg-x11-server, xorg-x11-server-Xdmx, xorg-x11-server-Xorg, xorg-x11-server-Xvfb, xorg-x11-server-Xnest, xorg-x11-server-common, +3 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 27% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 1.9 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

Sources

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