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Vulnerability record · CVE-2014-5116 · published 29 July 2014

CVE-2014-5116: Cairographics cairo vulnerability

Cairographics · Cairo

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.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 7.6% · top 5.7%
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
7.6%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
6References, 2 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33384 Exploit
http://www.osvdb.org/107083
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9761
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33384 Exploit
http://www.osvdb.org/107083
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9761

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2014-5116), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.