CVE-2018-18064 Memory corruption in n/a

Medium 6.5 Published 8 Oct 2018 Updated 5 Aug 2024

An out-of-bounds stack write in Cairo allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause denial of service via crafted documents.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2018-18064?

CVE-2018-18064 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 8 Oct 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

cairo through 1.15.14 has an out-of-bounds stack-memory write during processing of a crafted document by WebKitGTK+ because of the interaction between cairo-rectangular-scan-converter.c (the generate and render_rows functions) and cairo-image-compositor.c (the _cairo_image_spans_and_zero function).

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-18064?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cairographics Cairo.

How do I fix CVE-2018-18064?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2018-18064 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-18064 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-18064, ECHO-e239-b681-e01f, GHSA-8wp2-6325-3w3v, JLSEC-2025-13, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-18064.