CVE-2019-6462

Description

An issue was discovered in cairo 1.16.0. There is an infinite loop in the function _arc_error_normalized in the file cairo-arc.c, related to _arc_max_angle_for_tolerance_normalized.

Category

6.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.06%
Third-Party Advisory github.com Third-Party Advisory freedesktop.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/cairo/cairo/issues/353 third party advisory
https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/gerbv third party advisory not applicable
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-6462?
CVE-2019-6462 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-6462?
To fix CVE-2019-6462, 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-2019-6462 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2019-6462 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.
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