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CVE-2018-19876

cairo: Invalid free in cairo_ft_apply_variations() resulting in a denial of service

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

5.9

CVSS 3.0

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Published · November 13, 2018

Updated · June 27, 2026

Description

A vulnerability was found in Cairo due to a flaw in the cairo_ft_apply_variations function within cairo-ft-font.c, where an attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading a victim to open a specially crafted file, leading to a denial of service condition and causing the application to crash.

Statement

This vulnerability was rated as LOW severity because it requires the victim to open a specially crafted file, it doesn’t compromise system security, it can cause the application to crash temporarily.

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 3.0 · 5.9
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE not specified