USN-2918-1

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    USN-2918-1

    Published: 3 Mar 2016Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: pixman vulnerability

    Details: Vincent LE GARREC discovered an integer underflow in pixman. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could cause pixman to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2918-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9766

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: pixman

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.30.2-2ubuntu1.1

    Affected versions

    0.30.2-1
    0.30.2-2
    0.30.2-2ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High