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CVE-2017-12447

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-03-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

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.

Affected products

• GNOME Gdk-Pixbuf: 2.32.2
• GNOME Nautilus: 3.14.3

References

• https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=785979
• https://github.com/hackerlib/hackerlib-vul/tree/master/gnome
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3912-1/
• https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=785979
• https://github.com/hackerlib/hackerlib-vul/tree/master/gnome
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3912-1/

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