CVE-2017-7475

Description

Cairo version 1.15.4 is vulnerable to a NULL pointer dereference related to the FT_Load_Glyph and FT_Render_Glyph resulting in an application crash.

Category

5.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.11%
Third-Party Advisory seclists.org Third-Party Advisory freedesktop.org Third-Party Advisory redhat.com
Affected: Red Hat, Inc. Cairo
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=100763 issue tracking third party advisory patch
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q2/151 third party advisory mailing list
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-7475 issue tracking vdb entry third party advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-7475?
CVE-2017-7475 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2017-7475?
To fix CVE-2017-7475, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2017-7475 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2017-7475 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2017-7475?
CVE-2017-7475 affects Red Hat, Inc. Cairo.
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