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Ubuntu: USN-2918-1 (CVE-2014-9766): pixman vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-2918-1 (CVE-2014-9766): pixman vulnerability

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/03/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/03/2016
Modified
09/19/2017

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.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libpixman-1-0

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