CVE-2014-9766

critical
Published 2016-04-13 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
9.8

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9766

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2014-July/002452.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/pixman/2014-April/003244.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9766.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
ubuntu ubuntu12.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu14.04affected
debian debianbookwormfixed0.32.6-1
debian debianbullseyefixed0.32.6-1
debian debianforkyfixed0.32.6-1
debian debiansidfixed0.32.6-1
debian debiantrixiefixed0.32.6-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
pixmanpixman{"endIncluding":"0.32.5"}

References

CWEs

CWE-189

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.