SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

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 uses an incorrect length value.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 2.21%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.21%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

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 3.0
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
2.21% probability · 82th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-787
Affected
xv project/xv · opensuse/leap
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.