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…

PriorityP344critical9.8CVSS 3.0

AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

2.25%

80.9th percentile

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.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
opensuse	leap	—	—
xv_project	xv	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.09.8CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.07.5HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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