What is CVE-2015-5297?

CVE-2015-5297 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pixman, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2019-07-31.

How severe is CVE-2015-5297?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Integer overflow in Pixman

CVE-2015-5297

An integer overflow issue has been reported in the general_composite_rect() function in pixman prior to version 0.32.8. An attacker could exploit this issue to cause an application using pixman to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code.

Vulnerability class: Integer Overflow

Published 2019-07-31 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.015 (73.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 73rd percentile — 73.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Pixman
The Pixman Project — versions 0.32.8

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-5297?: CVE-2015-5297 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pixman, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2019-07-31.
How severe is CVE-2015-5297?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.