{"id":"CVE-2013-2004","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2013-2004","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:56:30.278Z","title":"The (1) GetDatabase and (2) _XimParseStringFile functions in X.org libX11 1.5.99.901 (1.6 RC1) and earlier do not restrict the recursion depth when processing directives to include files, which allows X servers to cause a denial of service (stack…","description":"The (1) GetDatabase and (2) _XimParseStringFile functions in X.org libX11 1.5.99.901 (1.6 RC1) and earlier do not restrict the recursion depth when processing directives to include files, which allows X servers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption) via a crafted file.","published":"2013-06-15T20:55:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:52:34.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":6.8,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["x/libx11"],"epss":{"score":0.01576,"percentile":0.75283,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.58%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2693","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/23/3","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1854-1","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2013-05-23","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2693","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/23/3","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1854-1","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2013-05-23","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2004","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}