#VU17099 Infinite loop in Cairo - CVE-2019-6462

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#VU17099 Infinite loop in Cairo - CVE-2019-6462

Published: January 21, 2019 / Updated: July 13, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU17099
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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
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 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.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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