High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 11, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026

CVE-2017-2887

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

Sdl/Sdl Image
cpe:2.3:a:libsdl:sdl_image:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Debian/Debian Linux2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Talos/Simple Direct Mediav5
Range: Simple DirectMedia Layer SDL_image 2.0.1

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4177nvdThird Party Advisory
www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4184nvdThird Party Advisory
www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0394nvdMitigationThird Party Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/101215nvdBroken Link

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