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Vulnerabilities / CVE-2014-9766

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CVE-2014-9766

pixman: integer overflow in create_bits function

Published Modified CWE 189
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat6.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Red Hat (medium), Ubuntu (medium).

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.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
debian 11pixman0.32.6-1
debian 12pixman0.32.6-1
debian 13pixman0.32.6-1
debian 14pixman0.32.6-1
debian 7pixman0.26.0-4+deb7u2
echopixman0.32.6-1
ubuntu 12.04pixman0.30.2-1ubuntu0.0.0.0.3
ubuntu 14.04pixman0.30.2-2ubuntu1.1
ubuntu 14.04-ESMpixman0.30.2-2ubuntu1.1

References

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