Echo: cairo: security update to 1.17.8-3

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 462752

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- An issue was discovered in cairo 1.16.0. There is an infinite loop in the function _arc_error_normalized
in the file cairo-arc.c, related to _arc_max_angle_for_tolerance_normalized. (CVE-2019-6462)

Solution

Update the cairo library and its related packages to version 1.17.8-3 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2019-6462

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 462752

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-6462

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/15/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/16/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-6462