UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2908

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2908

    Published: 24 Apr 2018Last Modified: 24 Oct 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-2908

    Summary:

    Details: An exploitable integer overflow exists in the thumbnail functionality of the Blender open-source 3d creation suite version 2.78c. A specially crafted .blend file can cause an integer overflow resulting in a buffer overflow which can allow for code execution under the context of the application. An attacker can convince a user to render the thumbnail for the file while in the File->Open dialog.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2908, https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0415, https://git.blender.org/gitweb/gitweb.cgi/blender.git/commit/d30cc1ea0b9ba64d8a1e22105528b6cb8077692c, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2908

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: blender

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg0-3build1?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.74+dfsg0-4build2

    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