Buffer overflow in Fabrice Bellard Libbpg
CVE-2017-2575
A vulnerability was found while fuzzing libbpg 0.9.7. It is a NULL pointer dereference issue due to missing check of the return value of function malloc in the BPG encoder. This vulnerability appeared while converting a malicious JPEG file to BPG.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.015 (70.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Fabrice Bellard Libbpg — versions 0.9.7
- Libbpg_project Libbpg — versions 0.9.7
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secalert@redhat.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- nvd@nist.gov (Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-2575?
- CVE-2017-2575 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fabrice Bellard Libbpg, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-08-22.
- How severe is CVE-2017-2575?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.