USN-2568-1

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    USN-2568-1

    Published: 13 Apr 2015Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: libx11, libxrender vulnerability

    Details: Abhishek Arya discovered that libX11 incorrectly handled memory in the MakeBigReq macro. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause applications to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. In addition, following the macro fix in libx11, a number of other packages have also been rebuilt as security updates including libxrender, libxext, libxi, libxfixes, libxrandr, libsdl1.2, libxv, libxp, and xserver-xorg-video-vmware.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2568-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-7439

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libxrender

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxrender@1:0.9.8-1build0.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:0.9.8-1build0.14.04.1

    Affected versions

    1:0.9.8-1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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