CVE-2016-9082 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00429.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Cairographics	Cairo

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:cairographics:cairo:1.14.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-688-1	cairo security update
EUVD	EUVD-2016-9903	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.
Ubuntu USN	USN-5407-1	Cairo vulnerabilities

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/27/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93931
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=127421
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=98165
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1312337
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9082
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-01
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9082

History

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.0041}`	epss `{'score': 0.00429}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-02-03T15:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:42:10.411Z

Reserved: 2016-10-27T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-9082

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-02-03T15:59:00.667

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2016-9082

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-10-05T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-9082 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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