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CVE-2017-9814

cairo: Out-of-bounds read due to mishandling of unexpected malloc(0) call

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

3.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · June 21, 2017

Updated · 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.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 3.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read