VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-2887

CVSS score8.8 HIGH
EPSS probability2.66%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-10-11
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

Primary references