Risk | Low |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2018-19876 |
CWE-ID | CWE-20 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
Cairo Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products |
Vendor | cairographics |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerabilities.
Updated: 25.06.2020
Changed bulletin status to patched.
EUVDB-ID: #VU16331
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-19876
CWE-ID:
CWE-20 - Improper input validation
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists in the cairo_ft_apply_variations() function, as defined in the cairo-ft-font.c source code file due to an error when processing malicious input. A remote attacker can attempt to free memory by using a free function that is incompatible with WebKit's fastMalloc and cause the application to crash, resulting in a DoS condition.
MitigationInstall update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsCairo: 1.15.0 - 1.16.0
External linkshttp://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=191595
http://gitlab.freedesktop.org/cairo/cairo/merge_requests/5
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.