7.5

CVE-2017-11591: canonical ubuntu_linux

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2017-11591DEBIAN-CVE-2017-11591
Published 24-07-2017Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-11591 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 3.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
41/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.10%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 10 · Related 7
DLA-1147-1DLA-3265-1MGASA-2017-0391OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10747-1SUSE-SU-2018:1882-1SUSE-SU-2018:3882-1

Timeline

  1. 24-07-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

There is a Floating point exception in the Exiv2::ValueType function in Exiv2 0.26 that will lead to a remote denial of service attack via crafted input.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 3 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

3.10%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

88%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.10% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
3.10%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (bugzilla.redhat.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian2 products
Canonical1 product
Exiv21 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • exiv2< 0.23-1ubuntu2.2 | < 0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.3 | < 0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.2

4 vendors · 5 products

References

7 links