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openSUSE: cairo Low NULL Pointer Access Issue 2025:03280-1

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Calendar Grey September 19, 2025
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
This notification outlines a minor patch for cairo that resolves a NULL pointer problem impacting openSUSE.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description

This update for cairo fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2025-50422: NULL pointer access in `active_edges_to_traps()` can lead to

crash in Poppler (bsc#1247589).

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Topics Covered

security advisory low crash Cairo OpenSUSE buffer access

Patch

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like

YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

* openSUSE Leap 15.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-3280=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2025-3280=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2025-3280=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2025-3280=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2025-3280=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2025-3280=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* libcairo-script-interpreter2-debuginfo-1.16.0-150400.11.9.1

* libcairo2-debuginfo-1.16.0-150400.11.9.1

* cairo-devel-1.16.0-150400.11.9.1

* cairo-tools-debuginfo-1.16.0-150400.11.9.1

* libcairo-gobject2-debuginfo-1.16.0-150400.11.9.1

* cairo-tools-1.16.0-150400.11.9.1

* libcairo-gobject2-1.16.0-150400.11.9.1

* libcairo2-1.16.0-150400.11.9.1

* cairo-debugsource-1.16.0-150400.11.9.1

* libcairo-script-interpreter2-1.16.0-150400.11.9.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (x86_64)

* libcairo-gobject2-32bit-1.16.0-150400.11.9.1

* cairo-devel-32bit-1.16.0-150400.11.9.1

* libcairo-gobject2-32bit-debuginfo-1.16.0-150400.11.9.1

* libcairo-script-interpreter2-32bit-debuginfo-1.16.0-150400.11.9.1

* libcairo2-32bit-debuginfo-1.16.0-150400.11.9.1

* libcairo-script-interpreter2-32bit-1.16.0-150400.11.9.1

* libcairo2-32bit-1.16.0-150400.11.9.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64_ilp32)

* libcairo2-64bit-1.16.0-150400.11.9.1

*...

Read the Full Advisory

References

* bsc#1247589

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-50422.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1247589

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:03280-1
Release Date: 2025-09-19T17:43:22Z
Affected Products: * openSUSE Leap 15.4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4

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Topics Covered

security advisory low crash Cairo OpenSUSE buffer access

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