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
EPSS: 0.011 (62.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
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.
Affected products
- Cairographics Cairo
- N/a Cairo — versions All cairo versions
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secalert@redhat.com (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
- secalert@redhat.com
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.