UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5297

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5297
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5297.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5297
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Published
2015-12-31T00:00:00Z
Modified
2026-04-22T10:13:53Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 6.7 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / pixman

Package

Name
pixman
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/pixman@0.30.2-2ubuntu1.2?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.30.2-2ubuntu1.2

Affected versions

0.*
0.30.2-1
0.30.2-2
0.30.2-2ubuntu1
0.30.2-2ubuntu1.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libpixman-1-0",
            "binary_version": "0.30.2-2ubuntu1.2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5297.json"