What is CVE-2017-2580?

CVE-2017-2580 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netpbm, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 4.5/10. Published 2018-07-27.

How severe is CVE-2017-2580?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Netpbm

CVE-2017-2580

An out-of-bounds write vulnerability was found in netpbm before 10.61. A maliciously crafted file could cause the application to crash or possibly allow code execution.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2018-07-27 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.014 (71.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 71st percentile — 71.0% 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

Netpbm — versions 10.61
Netpbm Project — versions 10.61.00

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/96712 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking)
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00056.html (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-2580?: CVE-2017-2580 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netpbm, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 4.5/10. Published 2018-07-27.
How severe is CVE-2017-2580?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.5 out of 10.