What is CVE-2017-2581?

CVE-2017-2581 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-2017-2581?

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

Buffer overflow in Netpbm

CVE-2017-2581

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

EPSS: 0.011 (63.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Netpbm — versions 10.61
Netpbm_project Netpbm

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
secalert@redhat.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-2581?: CVE-2017-2581 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-2017-2581?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.5 out of 10.