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CVE-2018-19876 (GCVE-0-2018-19876)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-12-05 20:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 19:46
VLAI
Summary
cairo 1.16.0, in cairo_ft_apply_variations() in cairo-ft-font.c, would free memory using a free function incompatible with WebKit's fastMalloc, leading to an application crash with a "free(): invalid pointer" error.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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