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A vulnerability has been discovered in Pixman, which can lead to a heap buffer overflow.
| Package | x11-libs/pixman on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 0.42.2 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 0.42.2 |
Pixman is a pixel manipulation library.
A vulnerability has been discovered in Pixman. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
An out-of-bounds write (aka heap-based buffer overflow) in rasterize_edges_8 can occur due to an integer overflow in pixman_sample_floor_y.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All Pixman users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=x11-libs/pixman-0.42.2"
Release date
July 01, 2024
Latest revision
July 01, 2024: 1
Severity
normal
Exploitable
local and remote
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