Vulnerability CVE-2014-2978
Published: 2014-06-11

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.

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
10/10
10/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
SUSE -> Linux enterprise desktop 
SUSE -> Linux enterprise server 
SUSE -> Linux enterprise software development kit 
SUSE -> Linux enterprise workstation extension 
SUSE -> Suse linux enterprise server 
Opensuse -> Opensuse 
Novell -> Opensuse 
Directfb -> Directfb 

 References:
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0176.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00019.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00003.html
http://mail.directfb.org/pipermail/directfb-dev/2014-March/006805.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:223
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/15/10
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-55
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