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title: "CVE-2015-5297\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2015-5297

Publication date 31 December 2015

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

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

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**9.8 · Critical**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5297?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

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.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| pixman | 18.10 cosmic | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 0.30.2-2ubuntu1.2 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5297?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| pixman | * Upstream:   [?id=f10](https://cgit.freedesktop.org/pixman/commit/?id=f10b5449a8b22a26839c58a716b74d6b7a8bcb80) * Upstream:   [?id=15a](https://cgit.freedesktop.org/pixman/commit/?id=15aa37adeca79a22b393ff451e6d29f484c3b0ef) * Upstream:   [?id=8b4](https://cgit.freedesktop.org/pixman/commit/?id=8b49d4b6b460d0c9299bca4ccddd7cd00d8f8441) * Upstream:   [?id=235](https://cgit.freedesktop.org/pixman/commit/?id=23525b4ea5bc2dd67f8f65b90d023b6580ecbc36) |

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

9.8 · Critical

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | High |
  | Integrity impact | High |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 9.8 · Critical |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5297)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5297)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-5297)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5297)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-3843-2](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-3843-2)
+ pixman vulnerability
+ 11 December 2018

+ [USN-3843-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-3843-1)
+ pixman vulnerability
+ 11 December 2018

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5297>