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CVE-2017-12447 json

GdkPixBuf (aka gdk-pixbuf), possibly 2.32.2, as used by GNOME Nautilus 3.14.3 on Ubuntu 16.04, allows attackers to cause a denial of servic…

published 2019-03-07 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-4019

cvss
7.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 66%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

GdkPixBuf (aka gdk-pixbuf), possibly 2.32.2, as used by GNOME Nautilus 3.14.3 on Ubuntu 16.04, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (stack corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file folder.

Patch / fix

  • gdk-pixbuf Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.34.0-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12447

  • gdk-pixbuf Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 2.30.7-0ubuntu1.6
  • gdk-pixbuf Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 2.32.2-1ubuntu1.6

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12447

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-12447 updated cvss 7.8

gdk-pixbuf: heap-based overflow caused by invalid palette size

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 gdk-pixbuf
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 gdk-pixbuf2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 gdk-pixbuf2, gdk-pixbuf2-tests Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 gdk-pixbuf2, gdk-pixbuf2-xlib, mingw-gdk-pixbuf, mingw32-gdk-pixbuf, mingw64-gdk-pixbuf, gdk-pixbuf2-modules
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • bugzilla.gnome.org https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=785979 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • github.com https://github.com/hackerlib/hackerlib-vul/tree/master/gnome referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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