CVE-2015-5297 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An integer overflow issue has been reported in the general_composite_rect() function in pixman prior to version 0.32.8. An attacker could exploit this issue to cause an application using pixman to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00387.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Pixman	Pixman

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:pixman:pixman:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-1587-1	pixman security update
EUVD	EUVD-2015-5274	An integer overflow issue has been reported in the general_composite_rect() function in pixman prior to version 0.32.8. An attacker could exploit this issue to cause an application using pixman to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code.
Ubuntu USN	USN-3843-1	pixman vulnerability
Ubuntu USN	USN-3843-2	pixman vulnerability

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=92027
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2015-5297
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5297
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5297

History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.0036}`	epss `{'score': 0.00387}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2019-07-31T22:03:56

Updated: 2024-08-06T06:41:09.351Z

Reserved: 2015-07-01T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-5297

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-07-31T23:15:10.653

Modified: 2024-11-21T02:32:44.317

Link: CVE-2015-5297

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2015-09-16T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-5297 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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