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CVE-2019-5087
An exploitable integer overflow vulnerability exists in the flattenIncrementally function in the xcf2png and xcf2pnm binaries of xcftools…
High8.8EPSS 3.6%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- talos
Description
An exploitable integer overflow vulnerability exists in the flattenIncrementally function in the xcf2png and xcf2pnm binaries of xcftools 1.0.7. An integer overflow can occur while calculating the row's allocation size, that could be exploited to corrupt memory and eventually execute arbitrary code. In order to trigger this vulnerability, a victim would need to open a specially crafted XCF file.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| talosCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.6% · top 10% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
Affected products
xcftools
- affected xcftools 1.0.7
References (4)
- [debian-lts-announce] 20210210 [SECURITY] [DLA 2553-1] xcftools security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20210308 [SECURITY] [DLA 2553-2] xcftools regression update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0879 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0879 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
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