CVE-2018-19876
cairo: Invalid free in cairo_ft_apply_variations() resulting in a denial of service
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
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
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 5.9CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE not specified