What is CVE-2017-12447?

CVE-2017-12447 is a high-severity vulnerability in GNOME Gdk-Pixbuf, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-03-07.

How severe is CVE-2017-12447?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in GNOME Gdk-Pixbuf

CVE-2017-12447

GdkPixBuf (aka gdk-pixbuf), possibly 2.32.2, as used by GNOME Nautilus 3.14.3 on Ubuntu 16.04, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (stack corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file folder.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2019-03-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (66.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-23.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 67th percentile — 66.5% 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

GNOME Gdk-Pixbuf — versions 2.32.2
GNOME Nautilus — versions 3.14.3
Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 16.04

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
github.com/hackerlib/hackerlib-vul/tree/master/gnome (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
usn.ubuntu.com/3912-1/ (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-12447?: CVE-2017-12447 is a high-severity vulnerability in GNOME Gdk-Pixbuf, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-03-07.
How severe is CVE-2017-12447?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.