What is CVE-2017-1000422?

CVE-2017-1000422 is a high-severity vulnerability in GNOME Gdk-Pixbuf, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-01-02.

How severe is CVE-2017-1000422?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Integer overflow in GNOME Gdk-Pixbuf

CVE-2017-1000422

Gnome gdk-pixbuf 2.36.8 and older is vulnerable to several integer overflow in the gif_get_lzw function resulting in memory corruption and potential code execution

Vulnerability class: Integer Overflow

Published 2018-01-02 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.020 (80.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-24.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 81st percentile — 80.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.020 · newest: 0.020 · change: 0.000

Affected products

GNOME Gdk-Pixbuf
Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 14.04, 16.04, 17.10
Debian Linux — versions 7.0, 8.0, 9.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4088 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
usn.ubuntu.com/3532-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00007.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-14 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-1000422?: CVE-2017-1000422 is a high-severity vulnerability in GNOME Gdk-Pixbuf, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-01-02.
How severe is CVE-2017-1000422?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.