Critical 9.8Published Jul 31, 2019

CVE-2015-5297An integer overflow issue has been reported in the general_composite_rect() function in pixman prior to version 0.32.8.

Updated under an hour ago (Nov 2, 2026, 12:23 AM ET)

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An integer overflow issue has been reported in the general_composite_rect() function in pixman prior to version 0.32.8. An attacker could exploit this issue to cause an application using pixman to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code.

CVSS: 9.8 CRITICAL (v3.0, NVD)CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-190
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

pixman pixman pixman:pixman	before 0.32.8	NVD

References

References

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=92027	exploit, third-party-advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2015-5297	issue-tracking, patch, third-party-advisory

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