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CVE-2016-9082
Integer overflow in the write_png function in cairo 1.14.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer…
Medium5.5EPSS 2.0%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.0% · top 20% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1312337 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=98165 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 93931 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20161027 Re: librsvg and cairo are causing libpng to write out-of-bounds (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=127421 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-201904-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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