Out-of-bounds Read in Cairographics Cairo
CVE-2017-9814
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.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.034 (88.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 88.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.034 · newest: 0.034 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Cairographics Cairo
- openSUSE Leap — versions 15.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-01 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00042.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac… (mailing-list)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-9814?
- CVE-2017-9814 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cairographics Cairo, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-07-17.
- How severe is CVE-2017-9814?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2017-9814 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.