PT-2018-6742 · None · Xv

Rich Coe · Published 2018-03-05 · Updated 2018-03-27 · CVE-2017-18215

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: xv version 3.10a

Description: The issue is related to memory corruption due to an out-of-bounds write when decoding PNG comment fields. This occurs because an incorrect length value is used, leading to potential crashes or code execution.

Recommendations: For version 3.10a, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-18215

Affected Products

Xv

References · 5

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-18215 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18215 · Security Note
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/attachment.cgi?id=728337 · Note
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1043479 · Note
• https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2018-02/msg00088.html · Note