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CVE-2017-6314

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-6314 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the gdk-pixbuf library, specifically within the make_available_at_least function in io-tiff.c, affecting various Debian, Fedora, and GNOME products. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 5.5) can be triggered by a context-dependent attacker providing a large TIFF file, leading to an infinite loop and system unavailability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage regarding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.36.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdk-pixbuf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
30CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
31CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.86%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0186 is in the 87th 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 (3)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: gdk-pixbuf2
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3Fixed in: mingw-virt-viewer
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: gdk-pixbuf2

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-6314Low

gdk-pixbuf: Infinite loop in io-tiff.c

Feb 21, 2017

References

mov.sx / 2017/02/21/bug-hunting-gdk-pixbuf.html
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.gnome.org / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00025.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SJF5ARFOX4BFUK6YCBKGAKBQYECO3AI2
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VSAZ6UCKKXC5VOWXGWQHOX2ZBLLATIOT
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201709-08
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2017/02/21/4
ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2017/02/26/1
ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/96779
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry