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CVE-2014-2978
Published: Jun 11, 2014
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
MDVSA-2015:223
vendor-advisory
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SUSE-SU-2015:0839
vendor-advisory
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GLSA-201701-55
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
openSUSE-SU-2015:0807
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
[directfb-dev] 20140327 IDirectFBSurface Dispatch_Write bugs
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0176.html
x_refsource_CONFIRM
[oss-security] 20140516 [CVE-2014-2978] DirectFB remote out-of-bounds write vulnerability
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
58448
third-party-advisory
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