Critical 9.8Published Apr 13, 2016

CVE-2014-9766Integer 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…

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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.

CVSS: 9.8 CRITICAL (v3.0, NVD)CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-189
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

pixman pixman pixman:pixman	through 0.32.5	NVD
canonical ubuntu_linux canonical:ubuntu_linux	12.04; 14.04	NVD

References

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3525
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/24/13
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/24/15
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2918-1
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69014
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=972647
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/pixman/commit/?id=857e40f3d2bc2cfb714913e0cd7e6184cf69aca3
https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/pixman/2014-April/003244.html	vendor-advisory
https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2014-July/002452.html	patch, vendor-advisory

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