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CVE-2017-2887

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-10-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-787

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.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 8.0, 9.0
• libsdl-org SDL_image: 2.0.1

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101215
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4177
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4184
• https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0394
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101215
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4177
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4184
• https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0394

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