Out-of-Bounds The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package directfb  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1204-DIRECTFB-631623
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed11 Jun 2014

Introduced: 11 Jun 2014

CVE-2014-2978  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:12.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream directfb package and not the directfb package as distributed by Ubuntu.

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.