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CVE-2017-17787

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-17787 describes a heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability in GIMP version 2.8.22, specifically within the file-psp.c plugin, affecting various distributions of GIMP and Linux. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) could allow an attacker to achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts through a local attack requiring user interaction, though with low attack complexity. Despite its potential impact, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.8.22CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gimp:gimp:2.8.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/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
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.06%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
61.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0106 is in the 58th percentile among its peer group of 11,617 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 7Fixed in: gimp

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-17787Moderate

gimp: Heap-based buffer over-read in read_creator_block function in plug-ins/common/file-psp.c

Dec 19, 2017

References

bugzilla.gnome.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00023.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3539-1
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-4077
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2017/12/19/5
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory