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CVE-2015-5297

pixman: general_composite_rect() integer overflow

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

6.7

CVSS 3.0

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Published · September 16, 2015

Updated · November 22, 2025

Description

An integer overflow issue has been reported in the general_composite_rect() function in pixman prior to version 0.32.8. An attacker could exploit this issue to cause an application using pixman to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 6.7
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-190 · Integer Overflow or Wraparound