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CVE-2015-5297 json

An integer overflow issue has been reported in the general_composite_rect() function in pixman prior to version 0.32.8.

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2015-5274

cvss
6.7
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.5%
EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 74%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • pixman pixman 0.32.8
  • pixman Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.33.4-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-5297

  • pixman Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 0.30.2-2ubuntu1.2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5297

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red hat product security vex CVE-2015-5297 updated cvss 6.7

pixman: general_composite_rect() integer overflow

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 pixman
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 pixman Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 pixman
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • bugs.freedesktop.org https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=92027 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 6.7 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • The pixman Project pixman

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

Sources

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