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Ubuntu: USN-5407-1 (CVE-2016-9082): Cairo vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-5407-1 (CVE-2016-9082): Cairo vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
02/03/2017
Created
05/14/2022
Added
05/11/2022
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

Integer overflow in the write_png function in cairo 1.14.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference) via a large svg file.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-cairo-perf-utils
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libcairo2

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