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CVE-2015-5297

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-5297 describes an integer overflow vulnerability in the general_composite_rect() function within pixman versions prior to 0.32.8. This critical flaw (CVSS 9.8) allows an unauthenticated attacker to remotely trigger a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code with low attack complexity. While the vulnerability is severe, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding it.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.32.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pixman:pixman:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.7MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.49%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
71.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0149 is in the 58th percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: pixman

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-5297Moderate

pixman: general_composite_rect() integer overflow

Sep 16, 2015

References

bugs.freedesktop.org / show_bug.cgi
ExploitThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory