CVE-2017-9814 describes an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in cairo-truetype-subset.c within cairo versions 1.15.6 and earlier, impacting products like cairographics cairo and openSUSE cairo. This flaw, stemming from mishandling an unexpected malloc(0) call, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), it has a low attack complexity and requires no user interaction, but only impacts availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.15.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cairographics:cairo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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