{"id":"USN-8140-1","summary":"cairo vulnerabilities","details":"Alberto Garcia, Francisco Oca and Suleman Ali discovered that Cairo did\nnot properly manage memory. An attacker could possibly use this issue to\ncause Cairo to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only\naffected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.\n(CVE-2017-9814)\n\nIt was discovered that Cairo incorrectly handled certain angle values when\ndrawing arcs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Cairo to\ncrash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2019-6461)\n\nIt was discovered that Cairo incorrectly handled certain calculations when\ndrawing arcs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Cairo to\nconsume resources, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only\naffected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.\n(CVE-2019-6462)\n\nStephan Bergmann discovered that Cairo incorrectly managed memory during\nimage composition. An attacker could use this issue to cause Cairo to\ncrash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary\ncode. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.\n(CVE-2020-35492)","modified":"2026-04-07T11:02:28.220651089Z","published":"2026-04-02T07:27:21Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9814","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-6461","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-6462","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-35492"],"upstream":["CVE-2017-9814","CVE-2019-6461","CVE-2019-6462","CVE-2020-35492","UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9814","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-6461","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-6462","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-35492"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8140-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9814"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-6461"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-6462"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-35492"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"cairo","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/cairo@1.14.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm2?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.14.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm2"}]}],"versions":["1.14.2-2ubuntu2","1.14.4-1","1.14.6-1","1.14.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"cairo-perf-utils","binary_version":"1.14.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm2"},{"binary_name":"libcairo-gobject2","binary_version":"1.14.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm2"},{"binary_name":"libcairo-script-interpreter2","binary_version":"1.14.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm2"},{"binary_name":"libcairo2","binary_version":"1.14.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm2"},{"binary_name":"libcairo2-dev","binary_version":"1.14.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm2"}],"availability":"Available 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https://ubuntu.com/pro"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-8140-1.json","cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","cves":[{"id":"CVE-2019-6461","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"low","type":"Ubuntu"}]}]}}},{"package":{"name":"cairo","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/cairo@1.15.10-2ubuntu0.1+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.15.10-2ubuntu0.1+esm1"}]}],"versions":["1.14.10-1ubuntu1","1.15.8-2","1.15.8-3","1.15.10-2","1.15.10-2ubuntu0.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"cairo-perf-utils","binary_version":"1.15.10-2ubuntu0.1+esm1"},{"binary_name":"libcairo-gobject2","binary_version":"1.15.10-2ubuntu0.1+esm1"},{"binary_name":"libcairo-script-interpreter2","binary_version":"1.15.10-2ubuntu0.1+esm1"},{"binary_name":"libcairo2","binary_version":"1.15.10-2ubuntu0.1+esm1"},{"binary_name":"libcairo2-dev","binary_version":"1.15.10-2ubuntu0.1+esm1"}],"availability":"Available 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