SB2025100221 - SUSE update for cairo
Published: October 2, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2025100221
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Reachable assertion (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-50422)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a reachable assertion within the _cairo_ft_unscaled_font_fini() function in cairo-ft-font.c. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted file and crash the application.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.