CVE-2020-35492
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CVE-2020-35492 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 7.8/10 on the CVSS scale. A flaw was found in cairo's image-compositor.c in all versions prior to 1.17.4. This flaw allows an attacker who can provide a crafted input file to cairo's image-compositor (for example, by convincing a user to open a file in an application using cairo, or if an application uses cairo on untrusted input) to cause a stack buffer overflow -> out-of-bounds WRITE. EPSS estimates a 1.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
A flaw was found in cairo's image-compositor.c in all versions prior to 1.17.4. This flaw allows an attacker who can provide a crafted input file to cairo's image-compositor (for example, by convincing a user to open a file in an application using cairo, or if an application uses cairo on untrusted input) to cause a stack buffer overflow -> out-of-bounds WRITE. The highest impact from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Cairographics | Cairo | < 1.17.4 |
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1898396Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1898396Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
- Modified
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