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CVE-2017-18215
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-03-05T18:29:00.297 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:12:24.717

Summary

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.

Affected products

xv_project — xv

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References

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