{"id":"USN-2568-1","summary":"libx11, libxrender vulnerability","details":"Abhishek Arya discovered that libX11 incorrectly handled memory in the\nMakeBigReq macro. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause\napplications to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly\nexecute arbitrary code.\n\nIn addition, following the macro fix in libx11, a number of other packages\nhave also been rebuilt as security updates including libxrender, libxext,\nlibxi, libxfixes, libxrandr, libsdl1.2, libxv, libxp, and\nxserver-xorg-video-vmware.\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:40:53Z","published":"2015-04-13T17:26:19Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2013-7439"],"upstream":["CVE-2013-7439","UBUNTU-CVE-2013-7439"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2568-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-7439"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"libxrender","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxrender@1:0.9.8-1build0.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:0.9.8-1build0.14.04.1"}]}],"versions":["1:0.9.8-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_version":"1:0.9.8-1build0.14.04.1","binary_name":"libxrender-dev"},{"binary_version":"1:0.9.8-1build0.14.04.1","binary_name":"libxrender1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2568-1.json","cves_map":{"cves":[{"id":"CVE-2013-7439","severity":[{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}