CVE-2017-8871 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in libcroco 0.6.12, affecting products like GNOME Leap and openSUSE Leap. An attacker can exploit this by providing a specially crafted CSS file, leading to an infinite loop and high CPU consumption. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and resulting in high availability impact. While not actively exploited in the wild and not on the KEV catalog, public exploit code exists (EDB-42147), though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.6.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:libcroco:0.6.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
42.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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