Pixman: Heap Buffer Overflow

Pixman: Heap Buffer Overflow A vulnerability has been discovered in Pixman, which can lead to a heap buffer overflow. pixman 2024-07-01 2024-07-01 879207 local and remote 0.42.2 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"

CVE-2022-44638 graaff ajak