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

Published 2017-10-05 · 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: 0.018 (77.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 77th percentile — 77.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.018 · newest: 0.018 · change: 0.000

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

www.securityfocus.com/bid/101189 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0458 (Technical Description, Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

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.