CVE-2017-18215 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability (out-of-bounds write) in xv 3.10a's xvpng.c, affecting openSUSE Leap and xv_project xv, stemming from incorrect length handling during PNG comment field decoding. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it presents a severe risk (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), allowing unauthenticated attackers to cause crashes or potentially achieve remote code execution. While there is no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or KEV listing, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, indicating awareness despite a low EPSS score.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.10aCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:xv_project:xv:3.10a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
42.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.