CVE-2014-2978 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Directfb

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer7 documents5 sources
Severity
10.0CRITICALNVD
EPSS
8.1%
top 7.82%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
6
DirectfbOpensuseSuse Linux Enterprise Desktop+3 more
Timeline
PublishedJun 11
Latest updateMay 14

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.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 10.0

Affected Packages6 packages

▶NVDopensuse/opensuse13.1, 13.2+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-c84x-q5hx-4xvc: The Dispatch_Write function in proxy/dispatcher/idirectfbsurface_dispatcher↗2022-05-14
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CVEList
CVE-2014-2978: The Dispatch_Write function in proxy/dispatcher/idirectfbsurface_dispatcher↗2014-06-11
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2014-2978: directfb - The Dispatch_Write function in proxy/dispatcher/idirectfbsurface_dispatcher.c in...↗2014
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2014-2978 DirectFB: remote out-of-bounds write vulnerability [epel-all]↗2014-05-16
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Bugzilla
CVE-2014-2978 DirectFB: remote out-of-bounds write vulnerability↗2014-05-16
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Bugzilla
CVE-2014-2978 DirectFB: remote out-of-bounds write vulnerability [fedora-all]↗2014-05-16
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CVE-2014-2978 — Directfb vulnerability | cvebase