#VU52196 Stack-based buffer overflow in Cairo - CVE-2020-35492
Published: March 18, 2021 / Updated: April 13, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU52196
Vulnerability risk: High
CVSSv4.0: 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-2020-35492
CWE-ID: CWE-121
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Cairo
Cairo
Software vendor:
cairographics
cairographics
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
A flaw was found in cairo's image-compositor.c in all versions prior to 1.17.4. This flaw allows an attacker who can provide a crafted input file to cairo's image-compositor (for example, by convincing a user to open a file in an application using cairo, or if an application uses cairo on untrusted input) to cause a stack buffer overflow -> out-of-bounds WRITE. The highest impact from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.