Bug 1463307 (CVE-2017-8871) - CVE-2017-8871 libcroco: Infinite loop in the cr_parser_parse_selector_core function
Summary: CVE-2017-8871 libcroco: Infinite loop in the cr_parser_parse_selector_core fu...
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2017-8871
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1463308 1463309 1910596
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-06-20 14:35 UTC by Andrej Nemec
Modified: 2020-12-24 10:01 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2017-06-20 14:36:38 UTC
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Description Andrej Nemec 2017-06-20 14:35:18 UTC 
The cr_parser_parse_selector_core function in cr-parser.c in libcroco allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a crafted CSS file.

Upstream issue:

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=782649
Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2017-06-20 14:36:06 UTC 
Created libcroco tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1463308]


Created mingw-libcroco tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1463309]
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