USN-5718-1: pixman vulnerability

Publication date

8 November 2022

Overview

pixman could be made to crash or run programs if it processed specially crafted input.


Packages

  • pixman - pixel-manipulation library for X and cairo

Details

Maddie Stone discovered that pixman incorrectly handled certain memory
operations. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause pixman to
crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code.

Maddie Stone discovered that pixman incorrectly handled certain memory
operations. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause pixman to
crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code.

Update instructions

After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
22.10 kinetic libpixman-1-0 –  0.40.0-1ubuntu0.22.10.1
22.04 jammy libpixman-1-0 –  0.40.0-1ubuntu0.22.04.1
20.04 focal libpixman-1-0 –  0.38.4-0ubuntu2.1
18.04 bionic libpixman-1-0 –  0.34.0-2ubuntu0.1

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