CVE-2014-2978
critical
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
10.0
Description
The Dispatch_Write function in proxy/dispatcher/idirectfbsurface_dispatcher.c in DirectFB 1.4.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via the Voodoo interface, which triggers an out-of-bounds write.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 3 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 13.2 | Affected | — |
| 13.1 | Affected | — |
| 12 | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| bullseye | Fixed | 0 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 0 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| directfb | directfb | 1.4.4 | |
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0176.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00019.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00003.html
- http://mail.directfb.org/pipermail/directfb-dev/2014-March/006805.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/58448
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:223
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/15/10
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-55
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-2978
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.