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title: "CVE-2007-5503\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2007-5503

Publication date 30 November 2007

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Multiple integer overflows in Cairo before 1.4.12 might allow remote
attackers to execute arbitrary code, as demonstrated using a crafted PNG
image with large width and height values, which is not properly handled by
the read\_png function.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| libcairo | 7.10 gutsy | Fixed 1.4.10-1ubuntu4.1 |
| 7.04 feisty | Fixed 1.4.2-0ubuntu1.1 |
| 6.10 edgy | Fixed 1.2.4-1ubuntu2.1 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 1.0.4-0ubuntu1.1 |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5503)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5503)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2007-5503)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-5503)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-550-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-550-1)
+ Cairo vulnerability
+ 3 December 2007

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-5503>