CVE-2014-9766 Information

Description

Integer 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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3525 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/24/13 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/24/15 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2918-1 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69014 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=972647 https://cgit.freedesktop.org/pixman/commit/?id=857e40f3d2bc2cfb714913e0cd7e6184cf69aca3 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/pixman/2014-April/003244.html https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2014-July/002452.html

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8