CVE-2017-6311: fedoraproject fedora NULL Pointer Dereference
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2017-6311 is a high (CVSS 7.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 3.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.
Public exploit (reference, Date unknown)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 1Timeline
- 10-03-2017PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
gdk-pixbuf-thumbnailer.c in gdk-pixbuf allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via vectors related to printing an error message.
CVSS metrics
6 scores · 4 sources · 3 versions- OSV · AlpineEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
3.47%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
89%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 3.47% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
2 foundExploit Reference (openwall.com)
Maturity: unknown
Exploit Reference (bugzilla.gnome.org)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Alpine1 product
- gdk-pixbuf< 2.36.6-r1 | < 2.36.6-r0
Debian1 product
- gdk-pixbuf< 2.36.10-1
Fedoraproject1 product
- fedoraEOL30 | 31
Gnome1 product
- gdk-pixbuf< 2.36.8
Ubuntu1 product
- gdk-pixbuf< 2.30.7-0ubuntu1.7 | < 2.32.2-1ubuntu1.3
5 vendors · 5 products
References
13 links- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/21/4Mailing ListX Refsource MLISTExploitThird Party Advisory
