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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.8

CVE-2007-5503 json

Multiple integer overflows in Cairo before 1.4.12 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, as demonstrated using a crafted P…

published 2007-11-30 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-5478

cvss
6.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.5%
EPSS 5.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Multiple integer overflows in Cairo before 1.4.12 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, as demonstrated using a crafted PNG image with large width and height values, which is not properly handled by the read_png function.

Patch / fix

  • cairo RHEL 5 1.2.4-3.el5_1

red hat advisories RHSA-2007:1078

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-2007-5503 updated

cairo integer overflow

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) cairo 1.2.4-3.el5_1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) cairo 1.2.4-3.el5_1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) cairo 1.2.4-3.el5_1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:1078

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Exploit prediction

5.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.