Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting cairo-gobject package, versions <0:1.15.12-4.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.4% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-CAIROGOBJECT-4454690
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed13 Dec 2018

Introduced: 13 Dec 2018

CVE-2018-5818  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 cairo-gobject to version 0:1.15.12-4.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHBA-2019:2044.

NVD Description

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

An error within the "parse_rollei()" function (internal/dcraw_common.cpp) within LibRaw versions prior to 0.19.1 can be exploited to trigger an infinite loop.