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CVE-2017-7475

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: May 19, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
3.3 LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7475
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html

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.

Weakness

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
CairoCairographics1.15.4 (including)1.15.4 (including)
CairoUbuntuartful*
CairoUbuntubionic*
CairoUbuntucosmic*
CairoUbuntudisco*
CairoUbuntueoan*
CairoUbuntufocal*
CairoUbuntugroovy*
CairoUbuntuhirsute*
CairoUbuntuimpish*
CairoUbuntukinetic*
CairoUbuntulunar*
CairoUbuntumantic*
CairoUbuntuoracular*
CairoUbuntuplucky*
CairoUbuntuprecise*
CairoUbuntutrusty*
CairoUbuntuvivid/stable-phone-overlay*
CairoUbuntuxenial*
CairoUbuntuyakkety*
CairoUbuntuzesty*

Potential Mitigations

References

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