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CVE-2017-20286: DevIL 0 through 1.8.0

CVE-2017-20286. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.8 (GitHub Advisory Database).

Affected technology

DevIL · 0 through 1.8.0
DentonW

Description’s affected range: through 1.8.0

Component: Not specified by the source

Attack conditions (Vendor/CNA, CVSS 4.0): Local · No privileges required · Passive user interaction

What an attacker can do

Attackers can supply a crafted two-frame GIF whose second frame uses disposal method 1 with a local colour table, writing up to 384 controlled bytes past the heap allocation and possibly executing code. Vendor/CNA’s CVSS 4.0 assessment (base score 8.5/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high.

Published 14-Oct-2026 15:58 UTC

CWE: CWE-787
CCR priority: 31.2 /100 (P4)
CVSS 3.1: 7.8 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H · GitHub Advisory Database
KEV: no

Provenance

GitHub Advisory Database · Source record · observed 2026-10-14 16:01:16.619248+00:00 UTC
NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-14 15:56:36.793806+00:00 UTC

Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2017-20286.html