Vulnerability Details : CVE-2020-35492
A flaw was found in cairo's image-compositor.c in all versions prior to 1.17.4. This flaw allows an attacker who can provide a crafted input file to cairo's image-compositor (for example, by convincing a user to open a file in an application using cairo, or if an application uses cairo on untrusted input) to cause a stack buffer overflow -> out-of-bounds WRITE. The highest impact from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.
Vulnerability category: OverflowMemory Corruption
Products affected by CVE-2020-35492
- cpe:2.3:a:cairographics:cairo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-35492
0.12%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 46 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2020-35492
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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6.8
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MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
8.6
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6.4
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NIST | |
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7.8
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HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
1.8
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5.9
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NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2020-35492
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A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function).Assigned by: secalert@redhat.com (Secondary)
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The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2020-35492
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-21
Cairo: Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (GLSA 202305-21) — Gentoo security
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1898396
1898396 – (CVE-2020-35492) CVE-2020-35492 cairo: libreoffice slideshow aborts with stack smashing in cairo's composite_boxesIssue Tracking;Patch;Third Party Advisory
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