CVE-2017-7475 cairo is vulnerable to denial of service due to a null pointer dereference
A NULL pointer dereference in Cairo allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted glyph rendering requests.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-7475?
CVE-2017-7475 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat, Inc. Cairo, published on 19 May 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Cairo version 1.15.4 is vulnerable to a NULL pointer dereference related to the FT_Load_Glyph and FT_Render_Glyph resulting in an application crash.
Weakness: CWE-476
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-7475?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including cairo. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
cairo RubyGems | From 1.15.4 | 1.15.5 |
cairo RubyGems | From 1.15.4 | 1.15.5 |
Products include Cairographics Cairo.
How do I fix CVE-2017-7475?
Upgrade cairo to 1.15.5 or later.
Is CVE-2017-7475 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-7475 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Red Hat, Inc. Cairo
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7475, ECHO-36d1-db60-5570, GHSA-5v3f-73gv-x7x5, MGASA-2020-0359, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7475.