debian · CVE-2014-2978

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Priority: unimportant Published: Updated: Fri, 19 Jun 2026 23:59:31 GMT

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Tracker summary

CVE-2014-2978 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (directfb), 2 status rows across 2 suites (bookworm, bullseye): resolved 2.

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.

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