7.8

CVE-2017-17786: canonical ubuntu_linux Out-of-bounds Read

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2017-17786DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17786
Published 20-12-2017Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-17786 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 1.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.34%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 9 · Related 5
DLA-1220-1DSA-4077-1MGASA-2018-0030MGASA-2018-0273OPENSUSE-SU-2021:0027-1SUSE-SU-2020:0601-1

Timeline

  1. 20-12-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In GIMP 2.8.22, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in ReadImage in plug-ins/common/file-tga.c (related to bgr2rgb.part.1) via an unexpected bits-per-pixel value for an RGBA image.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.34%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

71%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.34% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
1.34%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian2 products
Canonical1 product
Gimp1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • gimp< 2.8.10-0ubuntu1.2 | All versions (No fix recorded)

4 vendors · 5 products

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