TI-2013-01398 Aliases CVE-2013-1591 GHSA-7rw2-cfj2-g8vr

Stack-based buffer overflow in libpixman, as used in Pale Moon before 15.4 and possibly…

MEDIUM 48CWE-190Published 2013-01-31 · Updated 2024-08-06

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-190 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.03626 89th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix Fixed Red Hat: 2 advisories

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_virtualization:3.0:::::::*	3.0	Vulnerable	Red Hat
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:::::::*	6.0	Vulnerable	Red Hat
cpe:2.3:a:palemoon:pale_moon::::::::	before 15.4	Vulnerable	Palemoon

cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_virtualization:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
cpe:2.3:a:palemoon:pale_moon:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 15.4 Vulnerable ·Palemoon

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

RHSA-2013:0746 Released 2013-04-23 · Red Hat rating Important
rhev-hypervisor6 security and bug fix update
- RHEV Hypervisor for RHEL-6 rhev-hypervisor6-6.4-20130415.0.el6_4
RHSA-2013:0687 Released 2013-03-27 · Red Hat rating Moderate
pixman security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) pixman-0.26.2-5.el6_4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) pixman-0.26.2-5.el6_4, pixman-devel-0.26.2-5.el6_4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) pixman-0.26.2-5.el6_4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) pixman-0.26.2-5.el6_4, pixman-devel-0.26.2-5.el6_4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) pixman-0.26.2-5.el6_4, pixman-0.26.2-5.el6_4.ppc, pixman-devel-0.26.2-5.el6_4 +1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) pixman-0.26.2-5.el6_4, pixman-devel-0.26.2-5.el6_4

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Product	Status	Plan or fix
RHEV Hypervisor for RHEL-6	Fixed	RHSA-2013:0746
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)	Fixed	RHSA-2013:0687
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)	Fixed	RHSA-2013:0687
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)	Fixed	RHSA-2013:0687
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)	Fixed	RHSA-2013:0687
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)	Fixed	RHSA-2013:0687
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)	Fixed	RHSA-2013:0687

Not affected: 1 product

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2013-1591
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7rw2-cfj2-g8vr

References

Exploit 1

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=910149

Patch 1

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/pixman/commit/?id=de60e2e0e3eb6084f8f14b63f25b3cbfb012943f

Advisory 5

Other 1

http://www.palemoon.org/releasenotes-ng.shtml

Sources

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