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CVE-2013-1591

9.8 · CRITICAL

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.

Published Jan 31, 2013redhatCWE-190EPSS 3.63%

Overview

CVE-2013-1591 is a critical-severity vulnerability affecting redhat enterprise_virtualization. It was published on January 31, 2013 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8, rated CRITICAL. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

Technical description

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.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from redhat. Update enterprise_virtualization to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsStatus
palemoonpale_moon>= 0, < 15.4Affected

References

Refcgit.freedesktop.org/pixman/commit/?id=de60e2e0e3eb6084f8f14b63f25b3cbfb012943fRefrhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0687.htmlRefrhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0746.htmlRefwww.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:116Refwww.palemoon.org/releasenotes-ng.shtmlRefbugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=910149Refsupport.f5.com/csp/article/K51392553Refwiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0077Refcgit.freedesktop.org/pixman/commit/?id=de60e2e0e3eb6084f8f14b63f25b3cbfb012943fRefrhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0687.html

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-1591?

CVE-2013-1591 is a critical-severity vulnerability affecting redhat enterprise_virtualization. It was published on January 31, 2013 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

How severe is CVE-2013-1591?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8, rated CRITICAL. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2013-1591?

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from redhat. Update enterprise_virtualization to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

How can CyberStrike help with CVE-2013-1591?

CyberStrike is an open-source, AI-augmented pentesting engine. Rather than flag a version number, it tests whether an issue like CVE-2013-1591 is actually reachable in your own applications and APIs, then verifies each finding before reporting it. That tells you if the weakness is a real, exploitable risk in your environment or a false positive you can safely deprioritize.

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