5.5

CVE-2017-7960: gnome libcroco Out-of-bounds Read

CVSS: 5.5v3.0MediumModified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2017-7960UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7960
Published 19-04-2017Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-7960 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in gnome libcroco. EPSS estimates a 2.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.00%
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 5 · Related 3
DLA-909-1MGASA-2019-0389SUSE-SU-2019:1468-1USN-5389-1USN-6958-1

Timeline

  1. 19-04-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The cr_input_new_from_uri function in cr-input.c in libcroco 0.6.11 and 0.6.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted CSS file.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.00%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

80%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.00% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.00%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (blogs.gentoo.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Alpine1 product
  • libcroco< 0.6.13-r1 | < 0.6.12-r1 | < 0.6.12-r2
Gnome1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • libcroco< 0.6.8-2ubuntu1+esm1 | < 0.6.11-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

3 vendors · 3 products

References

9 links