CVE-2017-2870

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2017-09-05 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-190

Description

An exploitable integer overflow vulnerability exists in the tiff_image_parse functionality of Gdk-Pixbuf 2.36.6 when compiled with Clang. A specially crafted tiff file can cause a heap-overflow resulting in remote code execution. An attacker can send a file or a URL to trigger this vulnerability.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 8.0
GNOME Gdk-Pixbuf: 2.36.6

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100541
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00025.html
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0377
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100541
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00025.html
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0377

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