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CVE-2017-7475 (GCVE-0-2017-7475)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-05-19 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 16:04
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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.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • NULL pointer dereference
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Red Hat, Inc. Cairo Affected: 1.15.4
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Date Public
2017-04-28 00:00
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