CVE-2017-9814
published 2017-07-17CVE-2017-9814: cairo-truetype-subset.c in cairo 1.15.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) because of mishandling of an…
PriorityP335high7.5CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
3.46%
87.6th percentile
cairo-truetype-subset.c in cairo 1.15.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) because of mishandling of an unexpected malloc(0) call.
Affected
12 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| cairographics | cairo | <= 1.15.6 | — |
| cairographics | cairo | >= 0 < 1.16.0-1 | 1.16.0-1 |
| cairographics | cairo | >= 0 < 1.16.0-1 | 1.16.0-1 |
| cairographics | cairo | >= 0 < 1.16.0-1 | 1.16.0-1 |
| cairographics | cairo | >= 0 < 1.16.0-1 | 1.16.0-1 |
| cairographics | cairo | >= 0 < 1.16.0-5ubuntu2.1 | 1.16.0-5ubuntu2.1 |
| cairographics | cairo | >= 0 < 1.14.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | 1.14.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 |
| cairographics | cairo | >= 0 < 1.14.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 | 1.14.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 |
| cairographics | cairo | >= 0 < 1.15.10-2ubuntu0.1+esm1 | 1.15.10-2ubuntu0.1+esm1 |
| cairographics | cairo | >= 0 < 1.16.0-4ubuntu1+esm1 | 1.16.0-4ubuntu1+esm1 |
| debian | cairo | < cairo 1.16.0-1 (bookworm) | cairo 1.16.0-1 (bookworm) |
| opensuse | leap | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.17.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv7.5HIGH
vendor_debian7.5LOW
vendor_redhat7.5HIGH
vendor_ubuntu7.5HIGH
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OSV
cairo vulnerabilities
osv·2026-04-02·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2017-9814 [HIGH] cairo vulnerabilities
cairo vulnerabilities
Alberto Garcia, Francisco Oca and Suleman Ali discovered that Cairo did
not properly manage memory. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause Cairo to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
(CVE-2017-9814)
It was discovered that Cairo incorrectly handled certain angle values when
drawing arcs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Cairo to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2019-6461)
It was discovered that Cairo incorrectly handled certain calculations when
drawing arcs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Cairo to
consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubun
GHSA
GHSA-8c55-f8rh-4fh4: cairo-truetype-subset
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13
CVE-2017-9814 [HIGH] CWE-125 GHSA-8c55-f8rh-4fh4: cairo-truetype-subset
cairo-truetype-subset.c in cairo 1.15.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) because of mishandling of an unexpected malloc(0) call.
OSV
cairo vulnerabilities
osv·2022-05-10·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2016-9082 [MEDIUM] cairo vulnerabilities
cairo vulnerabilities
Gustavo Grieco, Alberto Garcia, Francisco Oca, Suleman Ali, and others
discovered that Cairo incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2016-9082, CVE-2017-9814, CVE-2019-6462)
Stephan Bergmann discovered that Cairo incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service,
or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2020-35492)
OSV
CVE-2017-9814: cairo-truetype-subset
osv·2017-07-17·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2017-9814 [HIGH] CVE-2017-9814: cairo-truetype-subset
cairo-truetype-subset.c in cairo 1.15.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) because of mishandling of an unexpected malloc(0) call.
Ubuntu
Cairo vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2026-04-02·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2019-6462 [HIGH] Cairo vulnerabilities
Title: Cairo vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Cairo.
Alberto Garcia, Francisco Oca and Suleman Ali discovered that Cairo did
not properly manage memory. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause Cairo to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
(CVE-2017-9814)
It was discovered that Cairo incorrectly handled certain angle values when
drawing arcs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Cairo to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2019-6461)
It was discovered that Cairo incorrectly handled certain calculations when
drawing arcs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Cairo to
consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. This i
Ubuntu
Cairo vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2022-05-10·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2017-9814 [MEDIUM] Cairo vulnerabilities
Title: Cairo vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in cairo.
Gustavo Grieco, Alberto Garcia, Francisco Oca, Suleman Ali, and others
discovered that Cairo incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2016-9082, CVE-2017-9814, CVE-2019-6462)
Stephan Bergmann discovered that Cairo incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service,
or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2020-35492)
Instructions: In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Red Hat
cairo: Out-of-bounds read due to mishandling of unexpected malloc(0) call
vendor_redhat·2017-06-21·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2017-9814 [HIGH] CWE-125 cairo: Out-of-bounds read due to mishandling of unexpected malloc(0) call
cairo: Out-of-bounds read due to mishandling of unexpected malloc(0) call
cairo-truetype-subset.c in cairo 1.15.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) because of mishandling of an unexpected malloc(0) call.
Package: cairo (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5) - Will not fix
Package: cairo (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Will not fix
Package: cairo (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Will not fix
Package: mingw-virt-viewer (Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3) - Will not fix
Debian
CVE-2017-9814: cairo - cairo-truetype-subset.c in cairo 1.15.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to c...
vendor_debian·2017·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2017-9814 [HIGH] CVE-2017-9814: cairo - cairo-truetype-subset.c in cairo 1.15.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to c...
cairo-truetype-subset.c in cairo 1.15.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) because of mishandling of an unexpected malloc(0) call.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 1.16.0-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 1.16.0-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 1.16.0-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 1.16.0-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 1.16.0-1)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-9814 cairo: Out-of-bounds read due to mishandling of unexpected malloc(0) call
bugzilla·2017-07-19·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2017-9814 [HIGH] CVE-2017-9814 cairo: Out-of-bounds read due to mishandling of unexpected malloc(0) call
CVE-2017-9814 cairo: Out-of-bounds read due to mishandling of unexpected malloc(0) call
cairo-truetype-subset.c in cairo 1.15.6 and earlier allows remote
attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) because of
mishandling of an unexpected malloc(0) call.
Upstream bug:
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=101547
Discussion:
Created cairo tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1472790]
Created mingw-cairo tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: epel-all [bug 1472789]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1472791]
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-9814 cairo: Out-of-bounds read due to mishandling of unexpected malloc(0) call [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2017-07-19·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2017-9814 [HIGH] CVE-2017-9814 cairo: Out-of-bounds read due to mishandling of unexpected malloc(0) call [fedora-all]
CVE-2017-9814 cairo: Out-of-bounds read due to mishandling of unexpected malloc(0) call [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue affects mult
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-9814 mingw-cairo: cairo: Out-of-bounds read due to mishandling of unexpected malloc(0) call [epel-all]
bugzilla·2017-07-19·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2017-9814 [HIGH] CVE-2017-9814 mingw-cairo: cairo: Out-of-bounds read due to mishandling of unexpected malloc(0) call [epel-all]
CVE-2017-9814 mingw-cairo: cairo: Out-of-bounds read due to mishandling of unexpected malloc(0) call [epel-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of epel-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue aff
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-9814 mingw-cairo: cairo: Out-of-bounds read due to mishandling of unexpected malloc(0) call [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2017-07-19·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2017-9814 [HIGH] CVE-2017-9814 mingw-cairo: cairo: Out-of-bounds read due to mishandling of unexpected malloc(0) call [fedora-all]
CVE-2017-9814 mingw-cairo: cairo: Out-of-bounds read due to mishandling of unexpected malloc(0) call [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00042.htmlhttps://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=101547https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3Ehttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-01http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00042.htmlhttps://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=101547https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3Ehttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-01
2017-07-17
Published