CVE-2014-5116

cairo: NULL pointer dereference in cairo_image_surface_get_data()

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Severity

Unknown

Red Hat Product Security

1.2

CVSS 2.0

Review impact separately from score.

Published · February 14, 2014

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

The cairo_image_surface_get_data function in Cairo 1.10.2, as used in GTK+ and Wireshark, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a large string.

Statement

We do not consider a user-assisted crash of a client application such as Wireshark to be a security issue. For more information please see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1124500#c5

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 1.2
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference