CVE-2017-18215 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

xvpng.c in xv 3.10a has memory corruption (out-of-bounds write) when decoding PNG comment fields, leading to crashes or potentially code execution, because it uses an incorrect length value.

Published: 2018-03-05

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 1.1% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:xv_project:xv:3.10a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-9347	xvpng.c in xv 3.10a has memory corruption (out-of-bounds write) when decoding PNG comment fields, leading to crashes or potentially code execution, because it uses an incorrect length value.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01094.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugzilla.suse.com/attachment.cgi?id=728337
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1043479
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2018-02/msg00088.html

History

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Subscriptions

Opensuse Leap

Xv Project Xv

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-03-05T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T19:04:05.401Z

Reserved: 2018-03-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-18215

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-03-05T18:29:00.297

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:19:35.280

Link: CVE-2017-18215

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-787

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