CVE-2017-9814

7.5 HIGH

Published: July 17, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00042.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=101547

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-01

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00042.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=101547

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-01

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

8 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

7.5 / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

3.5%

88th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-125

Affected Vendors

opensuse cairographics

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