{"id":"CVE-2014-9766","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2014-9766","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:05:56.966Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2016-04-13T14:59:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:18:57.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-189"],"affected":["pixman/pixman","canonical/ubuntu linux"],"epss":{"score":0.05618,"percentile":0.92886,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.62%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3525","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/24/13","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/24/15","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2918-1","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69014","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=972647","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://cgit.freedesktop.org/pixman/commit/?id=857e40f3d2bc2cfb714913e0cd7e6184cf69aca3","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/pixman/2014-April/003244.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2014-July/002452.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3525","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/24/13","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/24/15","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2918-1","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69014","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=972647","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://cgit.freedesktop.org/pixman/commit/?id=857e40f3d2bc2cfb714913e0cd7e6184cf69aca3","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/pixman/2014-April/003244.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2014-July/002452.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9766","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}