CVE-2014-5116
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…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 7.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Wireshark 1.10.7 - Denial of Service (PoC) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 33384dos, windowspublished 16 May 2014Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 33384 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Published
- 10 years later
· 10 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.6% · top 5.4% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
3
- 33384 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9761 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 107083 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2014-5014 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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