SB2020071904 - OpenSUSE Linux update for cairo
Published: July 19, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020071904
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9814)
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.