#VU12616 Out-of-bounds read in Cairo - CVE-2017-9814
Published: May 14, 2018 / Updated: May 14, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU12616
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9814
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Cairo
Cairo
Software vendor:
cairographics
cairographics
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in cairo-truetype-subset.c due to out-of-bounds read because of mishandling of an unexpected malloc(0) call. A remote attacker can cause the service to crash.
The weakness exists in cairo-truetype-subset.c due to out-of-bounds read because of mishandling of an unexpected malloc(0) call. A remote attacker can cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.