CVE-2017-9814 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in the Cairo graphics library via an out-of-bounds read triggered by mishandled memory allocation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-9814?
CVE-2017-9814 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Opensuse Leap, published on 14 Jul 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-9814?
It affects 2 products.
Linux distribution packages (9)
cairo SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 | All versions | 1.15.2-25.3.2 |
cairo SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 | All versions | 1.15.10-4.5.1 |
cairo SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 | All versions | 1.16.0-4.8.1 |
cairo SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 | All versions | 1.15.10-4.5.1 |
cairo SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP1 | All versions | 1.16.0-4.8.1 |
cairo SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 | All versions | 1.15.2-25.3.2 |
cairo SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 | All versions | 1.15.2-25.3.2 |
cairo SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 | All versions | 1.15.2-25.3.2 |
cairo openSUSE:Leap 15.1 | All versions | 1.16.0-lp151.5.3.1 |
Products include Cairographics Cairo, Opensuse Leap.
How do I fix CVE-2017-9814?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2017-9814 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-9814 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Opensuse Leap
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9814, GHSA-8c55-f8rh-4fh4, JLSEC-2025-12, MGASA-2022-0186, SUSE-SU-2018:1195-1, SUSE-SU-2018:1873-1 and 3 more.