CVE-2017-2887

Summary

CVECVE-2017-2887
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-10-11 18:29:00 UTC
Updated2022-06-07 17:39:00 UTC
DescriptionAn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Libsdl Sdl Image 2.0.1 All All All
Application Libsdl Sdl Image 2.0.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4177-1 libsdl2-image DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
TALOS-2017-0394 || Cisco Talos Intelligence Group - Comprehensive Threat Intelligence MISC www.talosintelligence.com Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
Simple DirectMedia Layer Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4184-1 sdl-image1.2 DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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