Vulnerability Report

CVE-2017-8871

Title: Gnome Libcroco Denial of Service (DoS)

DoS

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2017-8871

CWE Category CWE-835

Published Date Jun 12, 2017

Modified Date Jun 17, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 6.5 CVSS v3.1

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

13.00%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2017-8871: 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.

Impacted Vendors

gnome 1

Reference Links

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00043.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/13/3 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=782649 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42147/ http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00043.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/13/3 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=782649 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42147/

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

REQUIRED

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.1

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns