Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting cairo package, versions <1.14.0-2.1+deb8u2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.63% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-CAIRO-344868
  • published 3 Feb 2017
  • disclosed 3 Feb 2017

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 cairo to version 1.14.0-2.1+deb8u2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream cairo package and not the cairo package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

Integer overflow in the write_png function in cairo 1.14.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference) via a large svg file.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Red Hat

4.3 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    Low