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CVE-2017-2901

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-2901 describes an integer overflow vulnerability in the IRIS loading functionality of Blender 2.78c, affecting Blender and Debian Linux distributions. A specially crafted '.iris' file, when used as an asset in the sequencer, can lead to a buffer overflow and remote code execution. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) requires user interaction but has low attack complexity, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.78cCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:blender:blender:2.78c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.84%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0184 is in the 75th 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00011.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4248
Third Party Advisory
talosintelligence.com / vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0408
ExploitThird Party Advisory