CVE-2017-2920 (GCVE-0-2017-2920)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-10-05 19:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 01:40
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Summary
An memory corruption vulnerability exists in the .SVG parsing functionality of Computerinsel Photoline 20.02. A specially crafted .SVG file can cause a vulnerability resulting in memory corruption, which can potentially lead to arbitrary code execution. An attacker can send a specific .SVG file to trigger this vulnerability.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • remote code execution
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Date Public
2017-10-05 00:00
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