CVE-2014-2978

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-119 Buffer Errors

Publication date:

11/06/2014

Last modified:

12/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 10.00 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

10.00

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:directfb:directfb:1.4.4:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:12:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:12:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_workstation_extension:12:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server:12:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:directfb:directfb:1.4.4:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:12:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:12:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_workstation_extension:12:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server:12:::::::*

CVE-2014-2978

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools