What is CVE-2017-12106?

CVE-2017-12106 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pl32 Photoline, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-10-05.

How severe is CVE-2017-12106?

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

Buffer overflow in Pl32 Photoline

CVE-2017-12106

A memory corruption vulnerability exists in the .TGA parsing functionality of Computerinsel Photoline 20.02. A specially crafted .TGA file can cause an out of bounds write resulting in potential code execution. An attacker can send a specific .TGA file to trigger this vulnerability.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.018 (75.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Pl32 Photoline — versions 20.02
Talos Computerinsel Photoline — versions 20.02

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

talos-cna@cisco.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
talos-cna@cisco.com (Technical Description, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-12106?: CVE-2017-12106 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pl32 Photoline, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-10-05.
How severe is CVE-2017-12106?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.