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CVE-2007-5503

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-5503 describes multiple integer overflows in Cairo versions prior to 1.4.12, potentially allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Red Hat Cairo and can be triggered by specially crafted PNG images with large dimensions, which the read_png function fails to handle correctly. With a CVSS score of 6.8 (medium severity), successful exploitation requires medium attack complexity and could lead to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.4.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cairo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.49%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0549 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 19,954 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: cairo-0:1.2.4-3.el5_1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-5503Important

cairo integer overflow

Nov 29, 2007

References

bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
gitweb.freedesktop.org
gitweb.freedesktop.org
gitweb.freedesktop.org
lists.grok.org.uk / pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-August/064118.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00003.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2007-1078.html
PatchVendor Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/27775
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27819
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27880
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27887
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27985
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28289
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28476
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28529
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28555
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28838
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29767
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/31707
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/31711
Vendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200712-04.xml
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/38771
issues.rpath.com / browse/RPL-1966
slackware.com / security/viewer.php
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11251
usn.ubuntu.com / 550-1
usn.ubuntu.com / 550-2
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00630.html
wiki.rpath.com / wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0015
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1542
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200712-24.xml
mandriva.com / security/advisories
securityfocus.com / archive/1/486405/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/495869/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/26650
securitytracker.com / id
vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0014.html
vmware.com / support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html
vmware.com / support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html
vmware.com / support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/4045
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2466
Vendor Advisory