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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2015-5297

An integer overflow issue has been reported in the general_composite_rect() function in pixman prior to version 0.32.8.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 1.49%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.49%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

An integer overflow issue has been reported in the general_composite_rect() function in pixman prior to version 0.32.8. An attacker could exploit this issue to cause an application using pixman to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code.

CVSS 3.0
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
1.49% probability · 73th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-190
Affected
pixman/pixman
Source
secalert@redhat.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.