Vigil@nce - Cairo: use after free via cairo_ft_apply_variations
February 2019 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/offer/Computer-vulnerability-database-and-alert
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Fedora.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: user access/rights, denial of service on service,
denial of service on client.
Provenance: document.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 10/12/2018.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can force the usage of a freed memory area via
cairo_ft_apply_variations() of Cairo, in order to trigger a denial
of service, and possibly to run code.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Cairo-use-after-free-via-cairo-ft-apply-variations-27986