What is CVE-2017-12107?

CVE-2017-12107 is a high-severity vulnerability in Computerinsel Photoline, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-04-24.

How severe is CVE-2017-12107?

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

Buffer overflow in Computerinsel Photoline

CVE-2017-12107

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

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2018-04-24 · 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: 0.012 (68.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 68th percentile — 68.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Computerinsel Photoline — versions 20.02
Pl32 Photoline — versions 20.02

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0459 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-12107?: CVE-2017-12107 is a high-severity vulnerability in Computerinsel Photoline, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-04-24.
How severe is CVE-2017-12107?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.