SB2025100221 - SUSE update for cairo 



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

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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.