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CVE-2007-5503

Published: Nov 30, 2007Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-189
NVD MITRE
6.8CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
5.5%
Top 8.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Multiple integer overflows in Cairo before 1.4.12 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, as demonstrated using a crafted PNG image with large width and height values, which is not properly handled by the read_png function.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:MAu:NC:PI:PA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-189

Affected Products

Gentoo LinuxGentoo Foundation Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
n/an/a
cairoredhat
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
gentoo foundation inc.oss-projectUSOperating Systems
redhatcommercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-04.xml
security.gentoo.org
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1966
issues.rpath.com
https://usn.ubuntu.com/550-2/
usn.ubuntu.com
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Timeline

Published
Nov 30, 2007
Last Updated
Apr 23, 2026

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