SB2025100222 - SUSE update for cairo



SB2025100222 - SUSE update for cairo

Published: October 2, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2025100222
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.


1) Reachable Assertion (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-6461)

CWE-ID: CWE-617 - Reachable Assertion

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a reachable assertion in the function _cairo_arc_in_direction in the file cairo-arc.c. A remote attacker can cause the service to crash.

2) Reachable assertion (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-50422)

CWE-ID: CWE-617 - Reachable Assertion

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a reachable assertion within the _cairo_ft_unscaled_font_fini() function in cairo-ft-font.c. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted file and crash the application. 


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.