CVE-2018-19876

cairo: Invalid free in cairo_ft_apply_variations() resulting in a denial of service

Published Dec 5, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 1.7% KEV · Not listed
Description
cairo 1.16.0, in cairo_ft_apply_variations() in cairo-ft-font.c, would free memory using a free function incompatible with WebKit's fastMalloc, leading to an application crash with a "free(): invalid pointer" error.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-11550 cairo 1.16.0, in cairo_ft_apply_variations() in cairo-ft-font.c, would free memory using a free function incompatible with WebKit's fastMalloc, leading to an application crash with a "free(): invalid pointer" error.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00226}

epss

{'score': 0.00303}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Oct 15, 2026, 5:41 PM
Reserved
Dec 5, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 5, 2018, 8:29 PM
Modified
Oct 15, 2026, 6:17 PM
Severity
Low
Public date
Nov 13, 2018, 12:00 AM