CVE detail
CVE-2017-2887
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.
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Buzz score components · mention 6.9 · diversity 5.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
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Researchers at Cisco’s Talos security intelligence and research group have discovered two high severity remote code execution vulnerabilities in Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL), a popular cross-platform development library.
newswww.securityweek.comOct 11, 2017, 5:46 PM
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