CVE-2013-1993

Multiple integer overflows in X.org libGLX in Mesa 9.1.1 and earlier allow X servers to trigger allocation of insufficient memory and a buffer overflow via vectors related to the (1) XF86DRIOpenConnection and (2) XF86DRIGetClientDriverName functions.

Published: 2013-06-15 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-1993 is rated Moderate Risk (57.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.69%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-1993

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 2.02% 2.69% +0.67%
2 2025-06-03 1.79% 2.02% +0.23%
3 2025-03-30 1.79%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-1993

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-1993

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-1993

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2013-1993 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (mesa), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1993
gentoo high CVE-2013-1993: 1 GLSA(s) (201405-07), 1 atom(s) (x11-base/xorg-server); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2013-1993
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1993
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-1993 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (mesa), 5 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, raring, upstream): released 3, ignored 1, needed 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-1993

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-1993

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mesa3d mesa <= 9.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:mesa3d:mesa:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mesa3d mesa 9.0 cpe:2.3:a:mesa3d:mesa:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mesa3d mesa 9.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:mesa3d:mesa:9.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mesa3d mesa 9.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:mesa3d:mesa:9.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mesa3d mesa 9.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:mesa3d:mesa:9.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mesa3d mesa 9.1 cpe:2.3:a:mesa3d:mesa:9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
x libglx cpe:2.3:a:x:libglx:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-1993

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