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.

Published 2017-07-24 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.015 (73.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 73.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000

Affected products

GNOME Libgxps — versions 0.2.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, 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.