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CVE-2016-9082 json

Integer overflow in the write_png function in cairo 1.14.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereferenc…

published 2017-02-03 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-9903

cvss
5.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.0%
EPSS 2.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 80%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Integer overflow in the write_png function in cairo 1.14.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference) via a large svg file.

Patch / fix

  • cairo Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.14.6-1.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9082

  • cairo Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 1.14.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9082

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • 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

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-2016-9082 updated cvss 4.3

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

  • 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-viewer
    affected: 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

1.95% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/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

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

Sources

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