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CVE-2017-17788

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-17788 describes a stack-based buffer over-read vulnerability in GIMP 2.8.22, specifically within the xcf_load_stream function, affecting various Canonical and Debian GIMP distributions. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) can lead to a denial of service (availability impact) and requires local access and user interaction to exploit. There is currently 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
2.8.22CPE 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

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.13%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
63.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0113 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 5,765 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 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 (1)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: gimp

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-17788Moderate

gimp: Stack-based buffer over-read in xcf_load_stream function in app/xcf/xcf.c

Dec 19, 2017

References

bugzilla.gnome.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird 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