Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting libcroco package, versions *
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
User Interaction
Required
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.09% (38th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1404-LIBCROCO-300648
- published 12 Jun 2017
- disclosed 12 Jun 2017
Introduced: 12 Jun 2017
CVE-2017-8871 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:14.04
libcroco
.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libcroco
package and not the libcroco
package as distributed by Ubuntu
.
See How to fix?
for Ubuntu:14.04
relevant fixed versions and status.
The cr_parser_parse_selector_core function in cr-parser.c in libcroco 0.6.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a crafted CSS file.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-8871
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8871
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-8871
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42147/
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=782649
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/13/3
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00043.html