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CVE-2017-2587

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-2587 is a memory allocation vulnerability affecting netpbm before version 10.61, where a specially crafted SVG file could lead to application crashes. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) requires local access and user interaction, with the primary impact being a denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

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
1.29%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
67.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0129 is in the 78th 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-2017-2587Low

netpbm: Insufficient size check of memory allocation in createCanvas() function

Feb 6, 2017

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/96702
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry