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CVE-2017-12953

32
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-12953 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting libgig 4.0.0, specifically the gig::Instrument::UpdateRegionKeyTable function, which can be triggered by a crafted gig file. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) allows remote attackers to cause an application crash and invalid memory write with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-42546) exists, and the CVE has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libgig0:libgig:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.16%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-42546 · Aug 23, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0416 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 26,221 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2017/Aug/39
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/42546