Back
CVE-2014-2978
The Dispatch_Write function in proxy/dispatcher/idirectfbsurface_dispatcher.c in DirectFB 1.4.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial…
High10.0EPSS 6.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.1% · top 6.6% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
Loading the EPSS history…
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (8)
- MDVSA-2015:223 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2015:0839 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- GLSA-201701-55 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:0807 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [directfb-dev] 20140327 IDirectFBSurface Dispatch_Write bugs (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0176.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140516 [CVE-2014-2978] DirectFB remote out-of-bounds write vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 58448 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Badge for a README or a ticket
[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2014-2978)Record last updated .