NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting cairo package, versions <1.18.4-1+e2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.82% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-CAIRO-17963723
  • published14 Jul 2026
  • disclosed19 May 2017

Introduced: 19 May 2017

CVE-2017-7475  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest cairo to version 1.18.4-1+e2 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 Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

Cairo version 1.15.4 is vulnerable to a NULL pointer dereference related to the FT_Load_Glyph and FT_Render_Glyph resulting in an application crash.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1