CVE-2014-5116 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 7.6% (pctl 94)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
The cairo_image_surface_get_data function in Cairo 1.10.2, as used in GTK+ and Wireshark, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a large string.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 7.58% — more likely to be exploited than 94% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2014-07-29 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| cairographics | cairo |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Wireshark 1.10.7 - Denial of Service (PoC) | 2014-05-16 |
References
→ the Explorer · watch your stack · NVD