What is CVE-2017-1000127?

CVE-2017-1000127 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Exiv2, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-11-17.

How severe is CVE-2017-1000127?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-1000127 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Exiv2

CVE-2017-1000127

Exiv2 0.26 contains a heap buffer overflow in tiff parser

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2017-11-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (61.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 61st percentile — 61.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Exiv2 — versions 0.26

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Public proof-of-concept exploits

andir/nixos-issue-db-example

References

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/30/1 (mailing-list, Mailing List, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-1000127?: CVE-2017-1000127 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Exiv2, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-11-17.
How severe is CVE-2017-1000127?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-1000127 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.