#VU116114 Reachable assertion in Cairo - CVE-2025-50422

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#VU116114 Reachable assertion in Cairo - CVE-2025-50422

Published: September 25, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU116114
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-50422
CWE-ID: CWE-617
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Cairo
Software vendor:
cairographics

Description

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 updates from vendor's website.

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