CVE-2017-17785

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

1.15% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 64.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

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.

Published

2017-12-20 09:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 20:59Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-12-20

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase
• CWE-122Heap-based Buffer OverflowVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

407285da9512dff0f1109ff3f640fbe7fee394107087c30941849a22f530c269

• bugzilla.gnome.orghttps://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=739133x_refsource_MISC
• www.debian.orgDSA-4077https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4077vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3539-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3539-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/19/5x_refsource_MISC
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20171223 [SECURITY] [DLA 1220-1] gimp security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00023.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST