CVE-2017-2887 Memory corruption in Simple Direct Media

What is CVE-2017-2887?

CVE-2017-2887 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 11 Oct 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-2887?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Libsdl Sdl Image.

How do I fix CVE-2017-2887?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2017-2887 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-2887 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2017-2887, DEBIAN-CVE-2017-2887, DLA-1134-1, GHSA-hqjw-c32v-frhh, MGASA-2017-0397, MGASA-2018-0170 and 1 more.