CVE-2019-6461: cairographics cairo Reachable Assertion
CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesSUSE-SU-2025:02677-1SUSE-SU-2025:03490-1UBUNTU-CVE-2019-6461DEBIAN-CVE-2019-6461
Published 16-01-2019Last modified 04-08-2024
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2019-6461 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Reachable Assertion vulnerability in cairographics cairo. EPSS estimates a 2.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)EPSS score
2.12%
0%100%
Low · +0.02 pp in 30 daysKEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 2Timeline
- 16-01-2019PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 04-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versionsMedium 6.5Preferred score · NVD (NIST)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HSourcesAll 3 agree
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Medium 4.3Preferred score · NVD (NIST)
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:PSourcesSingle source
EPSS trend
Probability
2.12%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
82%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.02 pp
From 2.10% on 20-09-2026
20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score2.12%
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (gitlab.freedesktop.org)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Suse4 products
- cairo&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2< 1.16.0-150200.5.11.1
- cairo&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3< 1.16.0-150400.11.6.1
- cairo&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4< 1.16.0-150400.11.6.1
- cairo&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5< 1.16.0-150400.11.6.1
Cairographics1 product
- cairo1.16.0
Debian1 product
- cairoAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 1.18.0-1
Ubuntu1 product
- cairo< 1.14.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 | < 1.15.10-2ubuntu0.1+esm1 | < 1.16.0-4ubuntu1+esm1 | < 1.16.0-5ubuntu2.1
4 vendors · 7 products
