Infinite loop in Cairo - CVE-2019-6462
Published: January 21, 2019 / Updated: July 13, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU17099
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-6462
CWE-ID: CWE-835
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: cairographics
Affected software:
Cairo
Cairo
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop in the function _arc_error_normalized in the file cairo-arc.c, related to _arc_max_angle_for_tolerance_normalized. A remote attacker can consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-6462
Install update from vendor's website.