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.
Published: 2018-03-05
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: 1.1% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-9347 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.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T19:04:05.401Z

Reserved: 2018-03-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-18215

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Status : Modified

Published: 2018-03-05T18:29:00.297

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:19:35.280

Link: CVE-2017-18215

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