What is CVE-2017-14577?

CVE-2017-14577 is a high-severity vulnerability in Stdutility Stdu Viewer, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-09-18.

How severe is CVE-2017-14577?

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

Buffer overflow in Stdutility Stdu Viewer

CVE-2017-14577

STDU Viewer 1.6.375 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a crafted .xps file, related to a "Read Access Violation on Control Flow starting at Unknown Symbol @ 0x0000000003aa7cef called from Unknown Symbol @ 0x0000000004aa024d."

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2017-09-18 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

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

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (27.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 28th percentile — 27.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Stdutility Stdu Viewer — versions 1.6.375

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

github.com/wlinzi/security_advisories/tree/master/CVE-2017-14577 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-14577?: CVE-2017-14577 is a high-severity vulnerability in Stdutility Stdu Viewer, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-09-18.
How severe is CVE-2017-14577?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.