CVE-2014-5116

Exp

The cairo_image_surface_get_data function in Cairo 1.10.2, as used in GTK+ and Wireshark, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a large string.

Published: 2014-07-29 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-5116 is rated High Exploit Risk (69.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.78%, 94th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.95% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2014-5116

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
33384 exploit_db edb 2014-05-16 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-5116

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 5.84% 7.78% +1.95%
2 2026-03-14 6.26% 5.84% -0.42%
3 2025-03-30 — 6.26% —

Full EPSS history (20 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-5116

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-5116

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-5116

vendor priority summary link
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-5116
ubuntu low CVE-2014-5116 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (wireshark), 12 status rows across 12 suites (artful, bionic, lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 8, released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-5116

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2014-5116

Comment: <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html" target="_blank">CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference</a>

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-5116

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cairographics cairo 1.10.2 cpe:2.3:a:cairographics:cairo:1.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-5116

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