Out-of-bounds Read Affecting cairo-tools package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.38% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-CAIROTOOLS-1989139
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed21 Jun 2017

Introduced: 21 Jun 2017

CVE-2017-9814  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:7 cairo-tools.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream cairo-tools package and not the cairo-tools package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

cairo-truetype-subset.c in cairo 1.15.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) because of mishandling of an unexpected malloc(0) call.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1