Vulnerability Report

CVE-2017-2862

RCE

Title: Gnome Gdk-Pixbuf RCE

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2017-2862.

CWE Category CWE-787

Published Date Sep 05, 2017

Modified Date Jun 17, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.8 CVSS v3.1

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

4.60%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2017-2862: An exploitable heap overflow vulnerability exists in the gdk_pixbuf__jpeg_image_load_increment functionality of Gdk-Pixbuf 2.36.6. A specially crafted jpeg file can cause a heap overflow resulting in remote code execution. An attacker can send a file or url to trigger this vulnerability.

Impacted Vendors

gnome 1

Reference Links

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3978 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100541 https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0366 http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3978 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100541 https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0366

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

REQUIRED

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

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

CVSS v3.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

8.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

REQUIRED

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.8

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns