CVE-2017-11464 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.8 Published 19 Jul 2017 Updated 5 Aug 2024

An attacker can cause a denial of service via a crafted SVG file due to a division by zero error in the librsvg library.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2017-11464?

CVE-2017-11464 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 19 Jul 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

A SIGFPE is raised in the function box_blur_line of rsvg-filter.c in GNOME librsvg 2.40.17 during an attempted parse of a crafted SVG file, because of incorrect protection against division by zero.

Weakness: CWE-369

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-11464?

It affects 1 product.

Linux distribution packages (9)

`librsvg` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2	All versions	`2.40.18-5.3.1`
`librsvg` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3	All versions	`2.40.18-5.3.1`
`librsvg` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2	All versions	`2.40.18-5.3.1`
`librsvg` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3	All versions	`2.40.18-5.3.1`
`librsvg` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2	All versions	`2.40.18-5.3.1`
`librsvg` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2	All versions	`2.40.18-5.3.1`
`librsvg` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3	All versions	`2.40.18-5.3.1`
`librsvg` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2	All versions	`2.40.18-5.3.1`
`librsvg` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3	All versions	`2.40.18-5.3.1`

Products include Gnome Librsvg.

How do I fix CVE-2017-11464?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2017-11464 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-11464 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-11464, GHSA-p53g-qpqr-rqmg, MGASA-2017-0247, SUSE-SU-2017:2117-1, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11464.