CVE-2019-6462

An issue was discovered in cairo 1.16.0. There is an infinite loop in the function _arc_error_normalized in the file cairo-arc.c, related to _arc_max_angle_for_tolerance_normalized.

Published: 2019-01-16 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2019-6462 is rated Low Risk (31.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.05%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-6462

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-01-11 0.17% 0.05% -0.12%
2 2026-01-10 0.13% 0.17% +0.04%
3 2025-11-21 — 0.13% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-6462

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 3.6 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2019-6462

OS Trackers for CVE-2019-6462

vendor priority summary link
alpine medium CVE-2019-6462: 1 source package rows (cairo); 21 state rows across 9 repos (3.11-main, 3.12-main, 3.17-main, 3.18-main, 3.19-main, 3.20-main, 3.21-main, 3.22-main, edge-main); fixed 8, open 13. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-6462
debian low CVE-2019-6462 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (cairo), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 3, open 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-6462
gentoo normal CVE-2019-6462: 1 GLSA(s) (202408-09), 1 atom(s) (x11-libs/cairo); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2019-6462
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-6462
suse low — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-6462/
ubuntu low CVE-2019-6462 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (cairo), 19 status rows across 19 suites (bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): ignored 9, released 5, not-affected 4, DNE 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-6462

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-6462

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cairographics cairo 1.16.0 cpe:2.3:a:cairographics:cairo:1.16.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2019-6462

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