CVE-2019-6462 Denial of service in n/a
An infinite loop in the Cairo graphics library allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted input.
- 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-2019-6462?
CVE-2019-6462 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Jan 2019. 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
An issue was discovered in cairo 1.16.0. There is an infinite loop in the function _arc_error_normalized in the file cairo-arc.c, related to _arc_max_angle_for_tolerance_normalized.
Weakness: CWE-835
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-6462?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (13)
cairo SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 | All versions | 1.16.0-150200.5.5.1 |
cairo SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 | All versions | 1.16.0-150400.11.3.1 |
cairo SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 | All versions | 1.16.0-150400.11.3.1 |
cairo SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 | All versions | 1.16.0-150400.11.3.1 |
cairo SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 | All versions | 1.16.0-150400.11.3.1 |
cairo SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 | All versions | 1.16.0-150400.11.3.1 |
cairo SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP5 | All versions | 1.16.0-150400.11.3.1 |
cairo SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 | All versions | 1.15.2-25.6.2 |
cairo SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 | All versions | 1.15.2-25.6.2 |
cairo SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 | All versions | 1.15.2-25.6.2 |
cairo openSUSE:Leap 15.5 | All versions | 1.16.0-150400.11.3.1 |
cairo openSUSE:Leap Micro 5.3 | All versions | 1.16.0-150400.11.3.1 |
cairo openSUSE:Leap Micro 5.4 | All versions | 1.16.0-150400.11.3.1 |
Products include Cairographics Cairo.
How do I fix CVE-2019-6462?
Apply the vendor's patch.
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-2019-6462 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-6462 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2019-6462, DEBIAN-CVE-2019-6462, ECHO-cf8c-c1d6-f73d, GHSA-7m29-23h6-ccwp, JLSEC-2025-16, MGASA-2021-0497 and 6 more.