#VU17100 Reachable Assertion in Cairo - CVE-2019-6461

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#VU17100 Reachable Assertion in Cairo - CVE-2019-6461

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


Vulnerability identifier: #VU17100
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-2019-6461
CWE-ID: CWE-617
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 a reachable assertion in the function _cairo_arc_in_direction in the file cairo-arc.c. A remote attacker can cause the service to crash.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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