Buffer overflow in Cairographics Cairo
CVE-2020-35492
A flaw was found in cairo's image-compositor.c in all versions prior to 1.17.4. This flaw allows an attacker who can provide a crafted input file to cairo's image-compositor (for example, by convincing a user to open a file in an application using cairo, or if an application uses cairo on untrusted input) to cause a stack buffer overflow -> out-of-bounds WRITE. The highest impact from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.011 (64.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 64.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Cairographics Cairo
- Cairo — versions All cairo versions
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-21
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-35492?
- CVE-2020-35492 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cairographics Cairo, classified under Stack-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-03-18.
- How severe is CVE-2020-35492?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.