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CVE-2017-7961

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-7961 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting libcroco versions 0.6.11 and 0.6.12, a component used in GNOME, stemming from an "outside the range of representable values of type long" undefined behavior in the cr_tknzr_parse_rgb function. This flaw, triggered by a crafted CSS file, could lead to an application crash or potentially other unspecified impacts. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) to exploit, with high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.6.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:libcroco:0.6.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.6.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:libcroco:0.6.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.97%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0197 is in the 77th percentile among its peer group of 11,616 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 (4)

redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: libcroco
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: libcroco
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libcroco
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libcroco

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-7961Low

libcroco: Undefined behavior issue in cr_tknzr_parse_rgb function

Apr 16, 2017

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00043.html
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2017/04/24/2
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
blogs.gentoo.org / ago/2017/04/17/libcroco-heap-overflow-and-undefined-behavior
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.suse.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
git.gnome.org / browse/libcroco/commit
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201707-13
Third Party Advisory