Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libcairo2 package, versions <1.15.10-4.5.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.44% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-LIBCAIRO2-2764009
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed3 Jul 2018

Introduced: 3 Jul 2018

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

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 libcairo2 to version 1.15.10-4.5.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libcairo2 package and not the libcairo2 package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 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 Base Scores

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