SB2020071904 - OpenSUSE Linux update for cairo
Published: July 19, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020071904
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Partial DoS
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9814)
CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in cairo-truetype-subset.c due to out-of-bounds read because of mishandling of an unexpected malloc(0) call. A remote attacker can cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.