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

EPSS: 0.022 (81.1th 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

Xv_project Xv — versions 3.10a
Opensuse Leap — versions 42.3
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, 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.