CVE-2020-35492

cairo: libreoffice slideshow aborts with stack smashing in cairo's composite_boxes

Published Mar 18, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 7.8 High EPSS 1.0% KEV · Not listed
Description
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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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2518-1 cairo security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-23161 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5407-1 Cairo vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8140-1 Cairo vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Feb 13, 2025, 4:27 PM
Reserved
Dec 17, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 18, 2021, 7:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:13 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Dec 28, 2020, 12:00 AM