CVE-2017-18215

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.

CVSS v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : CRITICAL

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

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

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

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

Configuration 2 (hide)

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

Information

Published : 2018-03-05 10:29

Updated : 2018-03-27 16:55

NVD link : CVE-2017-18215

Mitre link : CVE-2017-18215

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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Products Affected

xv_project

xv

opensuse

leap

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