Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Mar 5, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-18215
CVE-2017-18215
Description
xvpng.c in xv 3.10a has memory corruption (out-of-bounds write) when decoding PNG comment fields, leading to crashes or potentially code execution, because it uses an incorrect length value.
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References
3- bugzilla.suse.com/attachment.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2018-02/msg00088.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
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