What is CVE-2017-12919?

CVE-2017-12919 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libfpx Project, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-08-28.

How severe is CVE-2017-12919?

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

Buffer overflow in Libfpx Project

CVE-2017-12919

Heap-based buffer overflow in OLEStream::WriteVT_LPSTR in olestrm.cpp in libfpx 1.3.1_p6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted fpx image.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2017-08-28 · 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: 0.014 (70.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 71st percentile — 70.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Libfpx Project — versions 1.3.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/08/09/libfpx-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-olestreamw… (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/17/13 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-12919?: CVE-2017-12919 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libfpx Project, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-08-28.
How severe is CVE-2017-12919?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.