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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2017-2906

An exploitable integer overflow exists in the animation playing functionality of the Blender open-source 3d creation suite version 2.78c. A specially created '.avi' file can cause an integer overflow resulting in a buffer overflow which can allow for code execution under the context of the application. An attacker can convince a user to use the file as an asset in order to trigger this vulnerability.

Products
blender
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
2.79.a+dfsg0-1
CVEs
CVE-2017-2906
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 14:51 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2017-2906

core-osv · Original source

Published 24 Apr 2018, 19:29 UTC

An exploitable integer overflow exists in the animation playing functionality of the Blender open-source 3d creation suite version 2.78c. A specially created '.avi' file can cause an integer overflow resulting in a buffer overflow which can allow for code execution under the context of the application. An attacker can convince a user to use the file as an asset in order to trigger this vulnerability.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2017-2906

blender

Fixed versions: 2.79.a+dfsg0-1

blender

Fixed versions: 2.79.a+dfsg0-1

Complete source record
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