CVE-2019-6461
cairo: assertion problem in _cairo_arc_in_direction in cairo-arc.c
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · January 11, 2019
Updated · June 27, 2026
Description
A vulnerability was found in Cairo due to an assertion flaw in the _cairo_arc_in_direction function within cairo-arc.c, where an attacker can exploit the issue by convincing a victim to open a specially crafted file, which could trigger the assertion failure and cause the application to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
Statement
This vulnerability is rated as a moderate because it allows a denial of service due to an assertion failure in the _cairo_arc_in_direction function within cairo-arc.c, processing malformed input may trigger this issue, causing application crashes and this affects availability, it does not lead to privilege escalation or remote code execution.
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 · 6.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-617 · Reachable Assertion