CVE-2013-1591
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Stack-based buffer overflow in libpixman, as used in Pale Moon before 15.4 and possibly other products, has unspecified impact and context-dependent attack vectors. NOTE: this issue might be resultant from an integer overflow in the fast_composite_scaled_bilinear function in pixman-inlines.h, which triggers an infinite loop.
Find out more about CVE-2013-1591 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Statement
This issue did not affect the versions of pixman as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 as it did not contain the vulnerable code.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 6.5 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| RHEV Hypervisor for RHEL-6 (rhev-hypervisor6) | RHSA-2013:0746 | 2013-04-23 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (pixman) | RHSA-2013:0687 | 2013-03-27 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | pixman | Not affected |
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