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NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting cairo package, versions <1.15.5

0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity Proof of concept
    EPSS 0.12% (47th percentile)
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NVD
5.5 medium
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Red Hat
3.3 low

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RUBY-CAIRO-534570
  • published 17 Nov 2019
  • disclosed 23 Apr 2017
  • credit Unknown
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Introduced: 23 Apr 2017

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CWE-476 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade cairo to version 1.15.5 or higher.

Overview

cairo is a Ruby bindings for cairo.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference. HarBuzz is an OpenType text shaping engine, it contains a tool named hb-view which utilizes Cairo to give a graphical view of text using a font provided by user. This vulnerability is due to logical problem in program, and can cause a Denial of Service attack with a crafted font file.