5.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2016-9082
Cairo Library Denial of Service Vulnerability
Description

Integer overflow in the write_png function in cairo 1.14.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference) via a large svg file.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 3, 2017, 3:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 20, 2025, 1:37 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-9082 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Cairographics cairo
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-9082 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/27/2
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93931
    Added Reference https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=127421
    Added Reference https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=98165
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1312337
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-01
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 02, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-01 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 07, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=127421 No Types Assigned https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=127421 Issue Tracking
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1312337 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1312337 Issue Tracking
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93931 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93931 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/27/2 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/27/2 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=98165 No Types Assigned https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=98165 Issue Tracking
    Added CWE CWE-190
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:cairographics:cairo:1.14.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.41 }} -0.02%

score

0.60373

percentile

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