ALPINE-CVE-2017-2887 — Vulnetix

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ALPINE-CVE-2017-2887 PUBLISHED CVSS 8.800000190734863 HIGH

An exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the XCF property handling functionality of SDL_image 2.0.1. A specially crafted xcf file can cause a stack-based buffer overflow resulting in potential code execution. An attacker can provide a specially crafted XCF file to trigger this vulnerability.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1

8.800000190734863

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Alpine:v3.6	sdl2_image	2.0.1-r1, 0, 2.0.1-r0
Alpine:v3.5	sdl2_image	0, 2.0.1-r0, 2.0.1-r1

Timeline

Oct 11, 2017 CVE Published
Nov 19, 2025 CVE Updated
Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch

References

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-2887 advisory

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