X.Org X server before 1.13.4 and 1.4.x before 1.14.1 does not properly restrict access to input events when adding a new hot-plug device,…

Description

X.Org X server before 1.13.4 and 1.4.x before 1.14.1 does not properly restrict access to input events when adding a new hot-plug device, which might allow physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information, as demonstrated by reading passwords from a tty.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.38% · top 68% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-264 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-264 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (7)

• https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=63353 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• USN-1803-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• FEDORA-2013-5883 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2013:0878 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• DSA-2661 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20130418 Xorg-x11-server: Information disclosure due enabling events from hot-plug devices despite input from the device being momentarily disabled (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• FEDORA-2013-5928 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 15:20 UTC.