What is CVE-2017-18215?

CVE-2017-18215 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Xv Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-03-05.

How severe is CVE-2017-18215?

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

Buffer overflow in Xv Project

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.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2018-03-05 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.022 (81.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 82nd percentile — 81.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.022 · newest: 0.022 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Xv Project — versions 3.10a
openSUSE Leap — versions 42.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

bugzilla.suse.com/attachment.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2018-02/msg00088.html (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-18215?: CVE-2017-18215 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Xv Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-03-05.
How severe is CVE-2017-18215?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.