What is CVE-2017-14636?

CVE-2017-14636 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Sam2p_project Sam2p, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-09-22.

How severe is CVE-2017-14636?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Integer overflow in Sam2p_project Sam2p

CVE-2017-14636

Because of an integer overflow in sam2p 0.49.3, a loop executes 0xffffffff times, ending with an invalid read of size 1 in the Image::Indexed::sortPal function in image.cpp. However, this also causes memory corruption because of an attempt…

Vulnerability class: Integer Overflow

EPSS: 0.012 (65.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Sam2p_project Sam2p — versions 0.49.3
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-14636?: CVE-2017-14636 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Sam2p_project Sam2p, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-09-22.
How severe is CVE-2017-14636?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.