Critical severity · published Mar 5, 2018
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…
9.8
CVSS
2.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.2% · higher than 82% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LE
Leap · Opensuse
42.3 · source: NVD
XV
XV · XV Project
3.10a · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18215
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-18215
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.suse.com/attachment.cgi?id=728337
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1043479
Mailing List
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2018-02/msg00088.html
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