CVE-2017-18215 Information

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

Reference

https://bugzilla.suse.com/attachment.cgi?id=728337 https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1043479 https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2018-02/msg00088.html

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8