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CVE-2017-12447

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-12447 describes a stack corruption vulnerability in GdkPixBuf, potentially version 2.32.2, as utilized by GNOME Nautilus 3.14.3 on Ubuntu 16.04. An attacker can trigger a denial of service or other unspecified impacts by providing a specially crafted file folder. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability has a local attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.32.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdk-pixbuf:2.32.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.14.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:nautilus:3.14.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.15%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
63.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0115 is in the 61st percentile among its peer group of 11,621 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: gdk-pixbuf

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-12447Moderate

gdk-pixbuf: heap-based overflow caused by invalid palette size

Aug 8, 2017

References

bugzilla.gnome.org / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
github.com / hackerlib/hackerlib-vul/tree/master/gnome
ExploitThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3912-1