What is CVE-2017-1000128?

CVE-2017-1000128 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Exiv2, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-11-17.

How severe is CVE-2017-1000128?

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

Is CVE-2017-1000128 known to be exploited?

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

Out-of-bounds Read in Exiv2

CVE-2017-1000128

Exiv2 0.26 contains a stack out of bounds read in JPEG2000 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: 0.011 (64.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 65th percentile — 64.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Exiv2 — versions 0.26

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

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-2017-1000128?: CVE-2017-1000128 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Exiv2, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-11-17.
How severe is CVE-2017-1000128?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-1000128 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.