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CVE-2017-18237

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-18237 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Exempi before version 2.4.3. A remote attacker can trigger an invalid pointer dereference and application crash by providing a specially crafted .ps file to the PostScript_Support::ConvertToDate function. This vulnerability has a medium severity CVSS score of 5.5, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and high impact on availability, requiring user interaction. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage for this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:exempi_project:exempi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/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
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.17%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
64.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0117 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 5,760 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 Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-18237Low

exempi: null pointer dereference in PostScript_Support::ConvertToDate function in XMPFiles/source/FormatSupport/PostScript_Support.cpp

Jul 25, 2017

References

bugs.freedesktop.org / show_bug.cgi
ExploitThird Party Advisory
cgit.freedesktop.org / exempi/commit
Patch