Integer overflow in Cairo - CVE-2016-9082
Published: June 4, 2018 / Updated: June 6, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13197
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.7 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9082
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in the write_png function. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted large svg file, trigger invalid pointer dereference and cause the service to crash.
Affected software
Cairo
Gentoo Linux
Ubuntu
cairo-perf-utils (Ubuntu package)
libcairo2 (Ubuntu package)
Gentoo Linux
Ubuntu
cairo-perf-utils (Ubuntu package)
libcairo2 (Ubuntu package)
How to mitigate CVE-2016-9082
Install update from vendor's website.
cairo-perf-utils (Ubuntu package) - update to 1.14.61ubuntu0.1~esm1
libcairo2 (Ubuntu package) - update to 1.14.61ubuntu0.1~esm1
libcairo2 (Ubuntu package) - update to 1.14.61ubuntu0.1~esm1