CVE-2017-18215

moderate-risk
Published 2018-03-05

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.

Do I need to act?

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1.1% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
9
CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (2)

Xv

Affected Vendors

Opensuse Xv Project

References (6)

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
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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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 3/34 · Minimal
Exposure 7/34 · Low