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CVE-2014-9766

9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 5.6% (pctl 93)

In your normal cycle

Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.

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.

Scoring

CVSS9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0)
VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS5.62% — more likely to be exploited than 93% of all CVEs
WeaknessCWE-189
On CISA KEVno
Public exploitnone known
Published2016-04-13
Last modified2026-06-17

Affected (2)

VendorProduct
canonicalubuntu linux
pixmanpixman

References

→ the Explorer  ·  watch your stack  ·  NVD