ALPINE-CVE-2017-2887

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    ALPINE-CVE-2017-2887

    Published: 11 Oct 2017Last Modified: 15 Jun 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-2887

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-2887

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: sdl2_image

    Purl: pkg:apk/alpine/sdl2_image?arch=source

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.0.1-r2

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High