Memory corruption in Computerinsel Photoline - CVE-2017-2920
Published: October 9, 2017 / Updated: March 20, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU8723
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-2920
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The weakness exists in the .svg parsing functionality of Computerinsel PhotoLine due to boundary error. A remote attacker can submit a malicious SVG file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
The weakness exists in the .svg parsing functionality of Computerinsel PhotoLine due to boundary error. A remote attacker can submit a malicious SVG file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
Affected software
Computerinsel Photoline
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
Opensuse
libofx
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
Opensuse
libofx
How to mitigate CVE-2017-2920
Install update from vendor's website.
libofx - addressed in versions 0.9.9-2.el7, 0.9.10-5.fc26, 0.9.10-5.fc27, 0.9.10-6.fc28