CVE-2017-7475 json
cairo is vulnerable to denial of service due to a null pointer dereference
published 2017-05-19 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-5v3f-73gv-x7x5 , EUVD-2017-0342
- cvss
- 5.5
- version 3.1, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 1.8%
- EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 78%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Cairo version 1.15.4 is vulnerable to a NULL pointer dereference related to the FT_Load_Glyph and FT_Render_Glyph resulting in an application crash.
Patch / fix
- rubygems cairo 1.15.5
- cairo SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 1.8.8-2.3.7.1
- cairo SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2, SLES 12 SP2 +2 more 1.15.2-24.1
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2018:1453-1SUSE-SU-2017:1671-1
- cairo Arch Linux 1.15.8-1
arch linux advisories AVG-277
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2017-7475 updated cvss 3.3
cairo: NULL pointer dereference with a crafted font file
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 cairo Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 cairo Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 cairo, cairo-tools, cairo-gobject Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3 mingw-virt-viewer, mingw32-virt-viewer, mingw64-virt-vieweraffected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
1.82% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.1 | 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| GitHub | 3.1 | 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| rubygems | cairo | >=1.15.4, <1.15.5 |
1.15.5 |
Affected products
- Red Hat, Inc. Cairo
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
References
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bugs.freedesktop.org
/show_bug.cgi?id=100763
web, issue-tracking, patch, third-party-advisory
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seclists.org
/oss-sec/2017/q2/151
mailing-list, web, third-party-advisory
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bugzilla.redhat.com
/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-7475
web, issue-tracking, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
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lists.apache.org
/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E
mailing-list
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nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7475
advisory
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github.com
/rcairo/rcairo
package
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github.com
/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/cairo/CVE-2017-7475.yml
web
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lists.apache.org
/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772@%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E
web
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2017-7475
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-5v3f-73gv-x7x5
- NVD CVE-2017-7475
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