CVE-2020-35492 describes a stack buffer overflow vulnerability in cairo's image-compositor.c, affecting all versions prior to 1.17.4 of the cairographics cairo library. An attacker could exploit this by providing a specially crafted input file, leading to an out-of-bounds write. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and potentially impacting confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.17.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cairographics:cairo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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A flaw was found in cairo's image-compositor.c in all versions prior to 1.17.4. This flaw allows an attacker who can provide a crafted input file to cairo's image-compositor (for example by convincing a user to open a file in an application using cairo or if an application uses cairo on untrusted input) to cause a stack buffer overflow -> out-of-bounds WRITE. The highest impact from this vulnerability is to confidentiality integrity as well as system availability.
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