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pixman — security advisory
In libpixman in Pixman before 0.42.2, there is an out-of-bounds write (aka heap-based buffer overflow) in rasterize_edges_8 due to an integer overflow in pixman_sample_floor_y.
- Products
- pixman
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 0.40.0-r3, 0.40.0-r4
- CVEs
- CVE-2022-44638
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 30 Oct 2026, 14:19 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In libpixman in Pixman before 0.42.2, there is an out-of-bounds write (aka heap-based buffer overflow) in rasterize_edges_8 due to an integer overflow in pixman_sample_floor_y.
osv:ALPINE-CVE-2022-44638
pixman
Fixed versions: 0.40.0-r3
pixman
Fixed versions: 0.40.0-r3
pixman
Fixed versions: 0.40.0-r4
pixman
Fixed versions: 0.40.0-r4
Complete source record
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