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CVE-2017-2887

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: October 11, 2017 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:17 AM UTC
3 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxSdl ImageSimple Directmedia Layer

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%

Description

An exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the XCF property handling functionality of SDL_image 2.0.1. A specially crafted xcf file can cause a stack-based buffer overflow resulting in potential code execution. An attacker can provide a specially crafted XCF file to trigger this vulnerability.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (4)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101215
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4177
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4184
x_refsource_MISCMitigationThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0394

CVSS

8.8HIGH[email protected]
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787

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