CVE-2017-2906 describes an exploitable integer overflow in Blender version 2.78c's animation playing functionality, specifically when processing specially crafted '.avi' files. This vulnerability can lead to a buffer overflow, allowing for arbitrary code execution within the application's context. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), successful exploitation requires user interaction (UI:R) to open a malicious file, but has low attack complexity (AC:L) and can result in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.78cCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:blender:blender:2.78c:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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