7.5
CVSSv2

CVE-2014-9766

Published: 13/04/2016 Updated: 03/12/2016
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.5 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 10
CVSS v3 Base Score: 9.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 668
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

Integer overflow in the create_bits function in pixman-bits-image.c in Pixman prior to 0.32.6 allows remote malicious users to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via large height and stride values.

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pixman could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it processed specially crafted data ...
Vincent LE GARREC discovered an integer overflow in pixman, a pixel-manipulation library for X and cairo A remote attacker can exploit this flaw to cause an application using the pixman library to crash, or potentially, to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this ...
Integer overflow in the create_bits function in pixman-bits-imagec in Pixman before 0326 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via large height and stride values ...