CVE-2014-2978: Directfb

High severity, CVSS 10.0. EPSS: 6.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Directfb Directfb: version 1.4.4 only
• Opensuse Opensuse: version 13.1 only; version 13.2 only
• Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop: version 12 only
• Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit: version 12 only
• Suse Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension: version 12 only
• Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server: version 12 only

Published 2014-06-11. Last modified 2026-06-17.