What is CVE-2017-12145?

CVE-2017-12145 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libquicktime, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-08-02.

How severe is CVE-2017-12145?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Libquicktime

CVE-2017-12145

In libquicktime 1.2.4, an allocation failure was found in the function quicktime_read_ftyp in ftyp.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2017-08-02 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (63.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 63.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Libquicktime — versions 1.2.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

somevulnsofadlab.blogspot.com/2017/07/libquicktimeallocation-failed-in_30.html (Third Party Advisory)
sourceforge.net/p/libquicktime/mailman/message/35888849/ (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-12145?: CVE-2017-12145 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libquicktime, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-08-02.
How severe is CVE-2017-12145?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.