NULL pointer dereference in Red Hat Cairo
Priority LOW 28CWE-476Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 4 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-476.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01824 78th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial cairo (RubyGems): 1.15.5Red Hat: 4 without a fix
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | Cairo | 1.15.4 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | cairo (RubyGems) | 1.15.4 to before 1.15.5 | 1.15.5 | Patch available | GHSA-5v3f-73gv-x7x5 |
- Cairo VendorRed Hat Affected 1.15.4 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- cairo (RubyGems) Vendor— Affected 1.15.4 to before 1.15.5 Fixed in 1.15.5 Patch available GHSA-5v3f-73gv-x7x5
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:cairographics:cairo:1.15.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1.15.4 | Vulnerable | cairographics |
- cpe:2.3:a:cairographics:cairo:1.15.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.15.4 Vulnerable ·cairographics
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-5v3f-73gv-x7x5 cairo (RubyGems) Fixed in 1.15.5 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-7475
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5v3f-73gv-x7x5
References
Advisory 3
Other 4
- [mina-dev] 20210225 [jira] [Created] (FTPSERVER-500) Security vulnerability in common/lib/log4j-1.2.17.jar
- https://github.com/rcairo/rcairo
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/cairo/CVE-2017-7475.yml
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772@%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E
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Sources
- CVE-2017-7475 · CVE Program
- CVE-2017-7475 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5v3f-73gv-x7x5 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2017-7475 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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