CVE-2017-8834 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via memory allocation errors in libcroco by submitting crafted CSS files.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-8834?
CVE-2017-8834 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Opensuse Leap, published on 12 Jun 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
The cr_tknzr_parse_comment function in cr-tknzr.c in libcroco 0.6.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory allocation error) via a crafted CSS file.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-8834?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Gnome Libcroco, Opensuse Leap.
How do I fix CVE-2017-8834?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
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-2017-8834 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-8834 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Opensuse Leap
Sources
Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2017-8834, GHSA-8758-v3mx-r8pc, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8834.