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CVE-2017-2586

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-2586 is a null pointer dereference vulnerability in Netpbm versions prior to 10.61, allowing a maliciously crafted SVG file to crash the application. Rated Medium with a CVSS score of 5.5, it requires local access and user interaction (opening the SVG file) to achieve high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 10.61.00CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netpbm_project:netpbm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

3.3LOW

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.17%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
64.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0117 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 5,760 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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 (3)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: netpbm
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: netpbm
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: netpbm

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-2586Low

netpbm: Null pointer dereference in stringToUint function

Feb 6, 2017

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
securityfocus.com / bid/96708
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry