cairo: assertion problem in _cairo_arc_in_direction in cairo-arc.c
Published Jan 16, 2019
6.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 2.10%
Description
An issue was discovered in cairo 1.16.0. There is an assertion problem in the function _cairo_arc_in_direction in the file cairo-arc.c.
Affected products
No data.
- 1.16.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
cairo
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
cairo
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
chromium-browser
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
firefox
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
thunderbird
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
cairo
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
cairo
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
mingw-cairo
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | cairo | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | cairo | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | chromium-browser | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | thunderbird | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | cairo | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | cairo | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | mingw-cairo | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This vulnerability is rated as a moderate because it allows a denial of service due to an assertion failure in the _cairo_arc_in_direction function within cairo-arc.c, processing malformed input may trigger this issue, causing application crashes and this affects availability, it does not lead to privilege escalation or remote code execution.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v5
Table of values (15 key points)
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| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 2.10% (0.02100) | 81.05th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.12% (0.02117) | 79.38th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.20% (0.00198) | 57.79th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 10, 2024 | 0.20% (0.00198) | 57.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 0.14% (0.00139) | 49.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 8, 2023 | 0.12% (0.00121) | 44.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.16% (0.00156) | 50.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 36.37th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 2, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 34.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 32.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.28% (0.03283) | 65.67th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 3.63% (0.03630) | 71.73th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 3.63% (0.03630) | 71.48th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 0.83% (0.00833) | 57.50th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.83% (0.00833) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (7)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-6461 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1669629 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/gerbv x_refsource_MISCNot Applicable
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/cairo/cairo/issues/352 x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-6461
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-6461
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-6461 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1669629 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/gerbv | x_refsource_MISCNot Applicable | |
| https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/cairo/cairo/issues/352 | x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory | |
| https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-6461 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-6461 |
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