CVE-2018-19876

critical
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
9.5

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-19876

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201902-19

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed1.16.0-2
debian debianbookwormfixed1.16.0-4
debian debianbullseyefixed1.16.0-4
debian debianforkyfixed1.16.0-4
debian debiansidfixed1.16.0-4
debian debiantrixiefixed1.16.0-4

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.