#VU27952 Out-of-bounds read in libcroco - CVE-2017-7960

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#VU27952 Out-of-bounds read in libcroco - CVE-2017-7960

Published: May 15, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU27952
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7960
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
libcroco
Software vendor:
Gnome Development Team

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the cr_input_new_from_uri function in cr-input.c in libcroco. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted CSS file.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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