CVE-2017-2887 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2017-2887 PUBLISHED

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.

EPSS 1.66% · 81.9th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

1.66%

81.9th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	sdl-image1.2	0, 1.2.12-5build2
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	sdl-image1.2	1.2.12-5build2, 0, 1.2.12-4ubuntu1
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	libsdl2-image	2.0.0+dfsg-2, 0, 2.0.0+dfsg-3build2
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	libsdl2-image	2.0.1+dfsg-1, 2.0.1+dfsg-2, 0

Timeline

Oct 11, 2017 CVE Published
Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
Jun 22, 2021 EPSS Score
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Dec 25, 2021 EPSS Score
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References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2887 third-party-advisory
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0394 third-party-advisory
https://hg.libsdl.org/SDL_image/rev/318484db0705 third-party-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2887 third-party-advisory

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