Description
A flaw was found in cairo's image-compositor.c in all versions prior to 1.17.4. This flaw allows an attacker who can provide a crafted input file to cairo's image-compositor (for example, by convincing a user to open a file in an application using cairo, or if an application uses cairo on untrusted input) to cause a stack buffer overflow -> out-of-bounds WRITE. The highest impact from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | cairo | All cairo versions | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | cairo | 1.16.0-5 | — |
| Debian 13 | cairo | 1.16.0-5 | — |
| Debian 12 | cairo | 1.16.0-5 | — |
| Debian 9 | cairo | 1.14.8-1+deb9u1 | DLA-2518-1 |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS | cairo | 1.16.0-4ubuntu1+esm1 | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS | cairo | 1.15.10-2ubuntu0.1+esm1 | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS | cairo | 1.14.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | USN-5407-1 |
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHEL 8 | cairo +3 | 1.15.12-6.el8 | RHSA-2022:1961 |
AlmaLinux
Errata ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux 8 | cairo +3 | 1.15.12-6.el8 | ALSA-2022:1961 |
| AlmaLinux 8 | pixman +1 | 0.38.4-2.el8 | ALSA-2022:1961 |
Rocky Linux
Errata ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Linux 8 | cairo | 1.15.12-6.el8 | RLSA-2022:1961 |
| Rocky Linux 8 | pixman | 0.38.4-2.el8 | RLSA-2022:1961 |
Alpine
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine v3.24 | cairo | 1.16.0-r2 | — |
| Alpine v3.23 | cairo | 1.16.0-r2 | — |
| Alpine v3.22 | cairo | 1.16.0-r2 | — |
| Alpine v3.21 | cairo | 1.16.0-r2 | — |
| Alpine v3.20 | cairo | 1.16.0-r2 | — |
Show 10 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine v3.19 | cairo | 1.16.0-r2 | — |
| Alpine v3.18 | cairo | 1.16.0-r2 | — |
| Alpine v3.17 | cairo | 1.16.0-r2 | — |
| Alpine v3.16 | cairo | 1.16.0-r2 | — |
| Alpine v3.15 | cairo | 1.16.0-r2 | — |
| Alpine v3.14 | cairo | 1.16.0-r2 | — |
| Alpine v3.13 | cairo | 1.16.0-r2 | — |
| Alpine v3.12 | cairo | 1.16.0-r3 | — |
| Alpine v3.11 | cairo | 1.16.0-r3 | — |
| Alpine v3.10 | cairo | 1.16.0-r3 | — |
Oracle Linux
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oracle Linux 8 | cairo +3 | 1.15.12-6.el8 | ELSA-2022-1961 |
| Oracle Linux 8 | pixman +1 | 0.38.4-2.el8 | ELSA-2022-1961 |
Advisories 6
- ALSA-2022:1961 Moderate: cairo and pixman security and bug fix update AlmaLinux Security Advisories · Oct 29, 2026
- RHSA-2022:1961 Red Hat Security Advisory: cairo and pixman security and bug fix update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 27, 2026
- USN-5407-1 cairo vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) · Jun 25, 2026
- DLA-2518-1 cairo - security update Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
- RLSA-2022:1961 Moderate: cairo and pixman security and bug fix update Rocky Linux Security Advisories · Feb 4, 2026
- ELSA-2022-1961 Moderate: cairo and pixman security and bug fix update (Oracle Linux 8) Oracle Linux Security Advisories (ELSA) · May 17, 2022