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    CVE-2017-9814

    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.

    Published:Jun 21, 2017
    Last Modified:Apr 20, 2025
    EPS:Jul 14, 2017
    EPSS Score:0.00169
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Cairographics
    Product
    Cairo
    Vendor
    Opensuse
    Product
    Leap

    Exploits

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

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-540 Overread Buffers

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    High
    User Interaction
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    Required
    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
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    Availability
    None
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    High