CVE-2014-9771

high

Published 2016-05-13 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

7.5

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.5

Description

Integer overflow in imlib2 before 1.4.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or application crash) via a crafted image, which triggers an invalid read operation.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

83%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

Debian Mixed 7 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`1.4.7-1`
sid	Fixed	`1.4.7-1`
forky	Fixed	`1.4.7-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`1.4.7-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`1.4.7-1`
8.0	Affected	—
7.0	Affected	—

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
enlightenment	imlib2	`{"endIncluding":"1.4.6"}`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.