CVE-2017-2920

Published: Oct 5, 2017Updated: May 13, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-119

7.8HIGH

NVD MITRE

Description

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:LAttack Vector

Local

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:NPrivileges Required

None

UI:RUser Interaction

Required

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:HConfidentiality

High

I:HIntegrity

High

A:HAvailability

High

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Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected Products

Talos

commercialaka moxa, allen bradley, computerinsel photoline

Computerinsel PhotolineOn-premDesktop App

Consumer Software / productivity

pl32

aka photoline

photolineMixed

Consumer Software / file-utility

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques

Initial Access

Privilege Escalation

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References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101186

securityfocus.com

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-26

security.gentoo.org

https://github.com/libofx/libofx/commit/a70934eea95c76a7737b83773bffe8738935082d

github.com

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