CVE-2013-2066

Buffer overflow in X.org libXv 1.0.7 and earlier allows X servers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted length or index values to the XvQueryPortAttributes function.

Published: 2013-06-15 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-2066 is rated Moderate Risk (52.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.91%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-2066

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 2025-07-13 1.34% 0.91% -0.43%
2 2025-03-30 2.73% 1.34% -1.39%
3 2025-03-29 2.73%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-2066

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-2013-2066

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-2066

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2013-2066 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libxv), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-2066
gentoo high CVE-2013-2066: 1 GLSA(s) (201405-07), 1 atom(s) (x11-base/xorg-server); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2013-2066
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2066
suse medium CVE-2013-2066 severity moderate: SUSE including 31 source package names (libXv-devel-1.0.10-3.57, libXv-devel-1.0.10-7.1, …), 98 product×package rows across 54 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3, … (54 product lines)): Fixed 98. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2066/
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-2066 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (libxv), 5 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, raring, upstream): released 3, ignored 1, pending 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-2066

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-2066

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
x libxv <= 1.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:x:libxv:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
x libxv 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:x:libxv:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
x libxv 1.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:x:libxv:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
x libxv 1.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:x:libxv:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
x libxv 1.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:x:libxv:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
x libxv 1.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:x:libxv:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
x.org libxv 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:x.org:libxv:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
x.org libxv 1.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:x.org:libxv:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
x.org libxv 1.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:x.org:libxv:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
x.org libxv 1.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:x.org:libxv:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
x.org libxv 1.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:x.org:libxv:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
x.org libxv 1.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:x.org:libxv:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-2066

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