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CVE-2016-9082

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-9082 describes an integer overflow vulnerability in the write_png function of cairo version 1.14.6, affecting cairographics cairo. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) can be triggered by a remote attacker via a large SVG file, leading to a denial of service due to an invalid pointer dereference. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.14.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cairographics:cairo:1.14.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.99%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0199 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 5,758 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 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: cairo
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: cairo
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: cairo
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3Fixed in: mingw-virt-viewer

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-9082Low

cairo: Out of bounds read in read_png/write_png in cairo-png.c

Oct 5, 2016

References

bugs.freedesktop.org / attachment.cgi
Issue Tracking
bugs.freedesktop.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201904-01
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/10/27/2
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/93931
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry