Integer overflow in Pixman - CVE-2015-5297
Published: December 11, 2018 / Updated: December 18, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU16584
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-5297
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Pixman
Affected software:
Pixman
Pixman
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in the general_composite_rect() function. A remote unauthenticated attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted input, trigger memory corruption and cause an application using pixman to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2015-5297
Update to version 0.32.8.