CVE-2017-18215

CRITICAL

XV - Out-of-Bounds Write

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

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.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.suse.com/attachment.cgi?id=728337
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2018-02/msg00088.html
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1043479

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0109
EPSS Percentile 78.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (2)
opensuse/leap 42.3
xv_project/xv 3.10a
Published Mar 05, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026