Integer overflow in Blender - CVE-2017-2906

 

Integer overflow in Blender - CVE-2017-2906

Published: January 12, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU9978
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-2017-2906
CWE-ID: CWE-190
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 due to integer overflow in the animation playing functionality of the Blender open-source 3d creation suite. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted .avi file, trick the victim into using it as an asset, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code under the context of the application.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.

Affected software

Blender
Debian Linux
Fedora
blender

How to mitigate CVE-2017-2906

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any solutions addressing the vulnerability.

blender - update to 2.68a-9.el7

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