Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-18215 - Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in multiple products

047910
CVSS 9.8 - CRITICAL
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
HIGH
network
low complexity
xv-project
opensuse
CWE-787
critical

Summary

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.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Xv_Project
1
OS
Opensuse
1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)