Skip to main content

Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence

Curated by Mondoo Research, enhanced with AI

Resources

Search Vulnerabilities
Trending CVEs
Browse Ecosystems
Terminology
Blog

Open Source

cnquery
cnspec

Star us on GitHub!

Company

Mondoo Platform
About
Contact

© 2026 Mondoo, Inc.

Privacy Policy Terms of Service Imprint

Vulnerability Intelligence

Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2017-8871

CVE-2017-8871

MEDIUM6.5

The cr_parser_parse_selector_core function in cr-parser

Published Jun 12, 2017

Modified 1 years ago

Details

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://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.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8871

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42147/

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Exploitability

Attack Vector

NetworkAV:N

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

RequiredUI:R

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

NoneC:N

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

HighA:H

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

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedJun 12, 2017

ModifiedAug 5, 2024

CVE-2017-8871 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence