CVE-2017-2870

Publication date 5 September 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

An exploitable integer overflow vulnerability exists in the tiff_image_parse functionality of Gdk-Pixbuf 2.36.6 when compiled with Clang. A specially crafted tiff file can cause a heap-overflow resulting in remote code execution. An attacker can send a file or a URL to trigger this vulnerability.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
gdk-pixbuf	17.04 zesty	Fixed 2.36.5-3ubuntu0.2
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 2.32.2-1ubuntu1.3
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 2.30.7-0ubuntu1.7

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
gdk-pixbuf	Upstream: ?id=31a

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.8 · High

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.8 · High
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

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

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-3418-1
GDK-PixBuf vulnerabilities
18 September 2017

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2870