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CVE-2017-8834

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-8834 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in the cr_tknzr_parse_comment function of libcroco 0.6.12, affecting products like GNOME libcroco and openSUSE Leap. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) can be triggered remotely via a crafted CSS file, leading to a memory allocation error and system unavailability. While no active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion has been observed, the potential for a denial of service remains a concern.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.6.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:libcroco:0.6.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
42.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/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
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.84%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0384 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 26,209 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

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-2017-8834Low

libcroco: Memory allocation failure in the cr_tknzr_parse_comment function

Jun 7, 2017

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00043.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.gnome.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/42147
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2020/08/13/3
ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory