CVE-2014-2978 (GCVE-0-2014-2978)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-06-11 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 10:28
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-55 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://mail.directfb.org/pipermail/directfb-dev/2… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0176.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/0… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://secunia.com/advisories/58448 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2014-03-27 00:00
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