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CVE-2015-5297

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-07-31 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-190

Description

An integer overflow issue has been reported in the general_composite_rect() function in pixman prior to version 0.32.8. An attacker could exploit this issue to cause an application using pixman to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code.

Affected products

• The pixman Project pixman: before 0.32.8 — fixed in 0.32.8

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: The pixman Project pixman 0.32.8. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=92027
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2015-5297
• https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=92027
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2015-5297

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