Vulnerabilities / CVE-2015-5297

critical

CVE-2015-5297

pixman: general_composite_rect() integer overflow

Published Modified CWE 190
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat6.7CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Red Hat (medium), Ubuntu (medium).

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 packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
debian 11pixman0.33.4-1
debian 12pixman0.33.4-1
debian 13pixman0.33.4-1
debian 14pixman0.33.4-1
debian 8pixman0.32.6-3+deb8u1
echopixman0.33.4-1
ubuntu 14.04pixman0.30.2-2ubuntu1.2
ubuntu 14.04-ESMpixman0.30.2-2ubuntu1.2

References

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