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CVE-2017-18215

critical

Description

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.

References

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2018-02/msg00088.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1043479

https://bugzilla.suse.com/attachment.cgi?id=728337

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-03-05

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01153