CVE-2017-7475
cairo is vulnerable to denial of service due to a null pointer dereference
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2017-7475- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-476
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2017-7475- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-0342 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2017-0342- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5v3f-73gv-x7x5
cairo is vulnerable to denial of service due to a null pointer dereference
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.
- Record
GHSA-5v3f-73gv-x7x5- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-476
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
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.
- Record
CVE-2017-7475- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2017-7475
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.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7475- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
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OSVGHSA-5v3f-73gv-x7x5
cairo is vulnerable to denial of service due to a null pointer dereference
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.
- Record
GHSA-5v3f-73gv-x7x5- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-476
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2017-7475
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.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7475- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2020-0359 No score
Updated cairo packages fix security vulnerability
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. (CVE-2017-7475)
- Record
MGASA-2020-0359- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10671-1 No score
cairo-devel-1.16.0-3.14 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the cairo-devel-1.16.0-3.14 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10671-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2017:1671-1 No score
Security update for cairo
This update for cairo fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2017-7475: Fixed a segfault in get_bitmap_surface due to malformed font (bsc#1036789).
- CVE-2016-9082: fix a segfault when using >4GB images since int values were used for pointer operations (bsc#1007255).
- Record
SUSE-SU-2017:1671-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2018:1453-1 No score
Security update for cairo
This update for cairo fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2016-9082: Fixed a segfault when using >4GB images since int values were used for pointer operations (bsc#1007255).
- CVE-2017-9814: Replace malloc with _cairo_malloc and check cmap size before allocating to prevent DoS (bsc#1049092).
- CVE-2017-7475: Fix a segfault in get_bitmap_surface due to malformed font (bsc#1036789).
- Record
SUSE-SU-2018:1453-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
cairoRubyGems |
1.15.4 to 1.15.4 | 1.15.5 |
cairoDebian:12 |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.16.0-71.17.8-11.17.8-21.17.8-31.18.0-1 Show 8 moreShow less1.18.0-1~hurd.11.18.0-21.18.0-31.18.2-11.18.2-21.18.4-11.18.4-21.18.4-3 |
None known |
cairoDebian:13 |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.18.4-11.18.4-21.18.4-3 |
None known |
cairoDebian:14 |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.18.4-11.18.4-21.18.4-3 |
None known |
cairoRubyGems |
1.15.4 up to 1.15.5 | 1.15.5 |
cairoMageia:7 |
before 1.16.0-2.1.mga7 | 1.16.0-2.1.mga7 |
cairoSUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 |
before 1.15.2-24.1 | 1.15.2-24.1 |
cairoSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 |
before 1.15.2-24.1 | 1.15.2-24.1 |
cairoSUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 |
before 1.15.2-24.1 | 1.15.2-24.1 |
cairoSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 |
before 1.15.2-24.1 | 1.15.2-24.1 |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
cairoSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 |
before 1.15.2-24.1 | 1.15.2-24.1 |
cairoSUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 |
before 1.8.8-2.3.7.1 | 1.8.8-2.3.7.1 |
cairoSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 |
before 1.8.8-2.3.7.1 | 1.8.8-2.3.7.1 |
cairoSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 |
before 1.8.8-2.3.7.1 | 1.8.8-2.3.7.1 |
cairoUbuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.14.2-2ubuntu21.14.4-11.14.6-11.14.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm11.14.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 |
None known |
cairoUbuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.14.10-1ubuntu11.15.8-21.15.8-31.15.10-21.15.10-2ubuntu0.11.15.10-2ubuntu0.1+esm1 |
None known |
cairoUbuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.16.0-41.16.0-4ubuntu11.16.0-4ubuntu1+esm1 |
None known |
cairoUbuntu:22.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.16.0-5ubuntu11.16.0-5ubuntu21.16.0-5ubuntu2.1 |
None known |
cairoUbuntu:24.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.18.0-11.18.0-1ubuntu11.18.0-31.18.0-3build1 |
None known |
cairoUbuntu:25.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.18.4-11.18.4-1build1 |
None known |
cairoUbuntu:26.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.18.4-3 |
None known |
cairoUbuntu:26.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.18.4-1build11.18.4-3 |
None known |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-7475 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Cairographics Cairo, published May 19, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.82%, the 78th percentile. Fixed in cairo 1.15.5.
References
bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=100763
seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q2/151
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-7475
lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7475
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github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/cairo/CVE-2017-7475.yml
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7475
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0359.html
bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26981
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2018-05/msg00036.html
lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2018-May/004095.html
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2017/suse-su-20171671-1
bugzilla.suse.com/1007255
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7475
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7475