What is CVE-2017-11590?

CVE-2017-11590 is a high-severity vulnerability in GNOME Libgxps, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-07-24.

How severe is CVE-2017-11590?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in GNOME Libgxps

CVE-2017-11590

There is a NULL pointer dereference in the caseless_hash function in gxps-archive.c in libgxps 0.2.5. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack.

EPSS: 0.015 (72.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Gnome Libgxps — versions 0.2.5
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-11590?: CVE-2017-11590 is a high-severity vulnerability in GNOME Libgxps, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-07-24.
How severe is CVE-2017-11590?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.