CVE-2014-9766

Publication date 31 December 2014

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
pixman	17.04 zesty	Not affected
	16.10 yakkety	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	15.10 wily	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 0.30.2-2ubuntu1.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 0.30.2-1ubuntu0.0.0.0.3

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
pixman	Other: ?id=857

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	9.8 · Critical
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-2918-1
pixman vulnerability
3 March 2016