What is CVE-2017-2587?

CVE-2017-2587 is a low-severity vulnerability in Netpbm, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2018-07-27.

How severe is CVE-2017-2587?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Netpbm

CVE-2017-2587

A memory allocation vulnerability was found in netpbm before 10.61. A maliciously crafted SVG file could cause the application to crash.

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.3 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (69.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 69th percentile — 69.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Netpbm — versions 10.61
Netpbm Project

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/96702 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-2587?: CVE-2017-2587 is a low-severity vulnerability in Netpbm, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2018-07-27.
How severe is CVE-2017-2587?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.