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high 8.8

CVE-2017-2887 json

An exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the XCF property handling functionality of SDL_image 2.0.1.

published 2017-10-11 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-12028

cvss
8.8
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.7%
EPSS 2.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 85%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • sdl-image1.2 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.2.12-7
  • libsdl2-image Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.0.1+dfsg-4

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-2887

  • sdl-image1.2 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1.2.12-5+deb9u1build0.14.04.1
  • sdl-image1.2 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1.2.12-5+deb9u1build0.16.04.1
  • libsdl2-image Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 2.0.0+dfsg-3+deb8u1build0.14.04.1
  • libsdl2-image Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 2.0.1+dfsg-2+deb9u1build0.16.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2887

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • sdl2_image Alpine 3.6, Alpine 3.5 2.0.1-r2

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2017-2887

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-2887 updated cvss 7.8

SDL_image: Incorrect XCF property handling

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • Talos Simple Direct Media

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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