CVE-2014-9766

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-9766
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-04-13 14:59:00 UTC
Updated2016-12-03 03:02:00 UTC
DescriptionInteger overflow in the create_bits function in pixman-bits-image.c in Pixman before 0.32.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via large height and stride values.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-189

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Application Pixman Pixman All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Oracle Solaris Bulletin - April 2016 CONFIRM www.oracle.com
Bug 69014 – Failed to create huge image with pixman_image_create_bits CONFIRM bugs.freedesktop.org
oss-security - Re: [Pixman] create_bits(): Cast the result of height * stride to size_t MLIST www.openwall.com
pixman - Pixman: The pixel-manipulation library for X and cairo. (mirrored from https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pixman/pixman) CONFIRM cgit.freedesktop.org
[Pixman] [PATCH] create_bits(): Cast the result of height * stride to size_t MLIST lists.freedesktop.org Vendor Advisory
Bug 972647 – evince crashed in pixman library CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
oss-security - [Pixman] create_bits(): Cast the result of height * stride to size_t MLIST www.openwall.com
[ANNOUNCE] pixman release 0.32.6 now available MLIST lists.x.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3525-1 pixman DEBIAN www.debian.org
USN-2918-1: pixman vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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