NULL Pointer Dereference The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package cairo  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1910-CAIRO-582662
  • published19 May 2017
  • disclosed19 May 2017

Introduced: 19 May 2017

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

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:19.10.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream cairo package and not the cairo package as distributed by Ubuntu.

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.