Buffer overflow in Directfb
CVE-2014-2978
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.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.061 (92.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Directfb — versions 1.4.4
- Opensuse — versions 13.1, 13.2
- Suse Linux_enterprise_desktop — versions 12
- Suse Linux_enterprise_software_development_kit — versions 12
- Suse Linux_enterprise_workstation_extension — versions 12
- Suse Suse_linux_enterprise_server — versions 12
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)