CVE-2013-1998

Multiple buffer overflows in X.org libXi 1.7.1 and earlier allow X servers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted length or index values to the (1) XGetDeviceButtonMapping, (2) XIPassiveGrabDevice, and (3) XQueryDeviceState functions.

Published: 2013-06-15 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-1998 is rated Moderate Risk (58.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.80%). EPSS rose +1.90% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-1998

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 0.90% 2.80% +1.90%
2 2025-07-13 1.14% 0.90% -0.24%
3 2025-03-30 — 1.14% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-1998

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-2013-1998

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-1998

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2013-1998 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libxi), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1998
gentoo high CVE-2013-1998: 1 GLSA(s) (201405-07), 1 atom(s) (x11-base/xorg-server); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2013-1998
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1998
suse medium — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1998/
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-1998 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (libxi), 5 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, raring, upstream): released 4, pending 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-1998

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-1998

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
x.org libxi <= 1.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:x.org:libxi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
x.org libxi 1.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:x.org:libxi:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
x.org libxi 1.5.99.2 cpe:2.3:a:x.org:libxi:1.5.99.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
x.org libxi 1.5.99.3 cpe:2.3:a:x.org:libxi:1.5.99.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
x.org libxi 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:x.org:libxi:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
x.org libxi 1.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:x.org:libxi:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
x.org libxi 1.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:x.org:libxi:1.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
x.org libxi 1.6.99.1 cpe:2.3:a:x.org:libxi:1.6.99.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
x.org libxi 1.7 cpe:2.3:a:x.org:libxi:1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-1998

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