CVE-2017-2887: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 2.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the XCF property handling functionality of SDL_image 2.0.1. A specially crafted xcf file can cause a stack-based buffer overflow resulting in potential code execution. An attacker can provide a specially crafted XCF file to trigger this vulnerability.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only; version 9.0 only
• Libsdl Sdl Image: version 2.0.1 only

Published 2017-10-11. Last modified 2026-06-17.