CVE-2017-20286 (GCVE-0-2017-20286)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-14 14:16 – Updated: 2026-10-14 15:55
VLAI
Title
DevIL through 1.8.0 Heap Buffer Overflow via GIF iGetPalette
Summary
DevIL through 1.8.0 contains a heap-based buffer overflow in iGetPalette() in il_gif.cpp that allows attackers to write beyond a 768-byte palette buffer when loading GIF images. Attackers can supply a crafted two-frame GIF whose second frame uses disposal method 1 with a local colour table, writing up to 384 controlled bytes past the heap allocation and possibly executing code.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-10-14 14:52 UTC
CWE
Assigner
VulnCheck CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 84/100 over 6430 records in the last 180 days details
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
DentonW DevIL Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.8.0 (semver)
guessed Create a notification for this product.
Date Public
2017-10-09 00:00
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