01 Record
CVE-2017-12920
CDirectory::GetDirEntry in dir.cxx in libfpx 1.3.1_p6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted fpx image.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
CDirectory::GetDirEntry in dir.cxx in libfpx 1.3.1_p6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted fpx image.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.28% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 69.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-08-28 19:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 18:51Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-08-17
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 67981d2d6f5fcf369a7af04e143f05e75a1c31c7634231dacf28efc30de81896
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- blogs.gentoo.orghttps://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/08/09/libfpx-null-pointer-dereference-in-cdirectorygetdirentry-dir-cxx/
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20170817 libfpx: NULL pointer dereference in CDirectory:etDirEntry (dir.cxx)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/17/12