What is CVE-2017-2870?

CVE-2017-2870 is a high-severity vulnerability in GNOME Gdk-Pixbuf, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-09-05.

How severe is CVE-2017-2870?

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

Integer overflow in GNOME Gdk-Pixbuf

CVE-2017-2870

An exploitable integer overflow vulnerability exists in the tiff_image_parse functionality of Gdk-Pixbuf 2.36.6 when compiled with Clang. A specially crafted tiff file can cause a heap-overflow resulting in remote code execution. An attacker can send a file or a URL to trigger this vulnerability.

Vulnerability class: Integer Overflow

Published 2017-09-05 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.026 (85.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-24.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 85.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.026 · newest: 0.026 · change: 0.000

Affected products

GNOME Gdk-Pixbuf — versions 2.36.6 commit: aba8d88798dfc2f3856ea0ddda14b06174bbb2bc compiled with clang -O3 flag libtiff 4.0.6, 2.36.6
Debian Linux — versions 8.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/100541 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00025.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0377 (Technical Description, Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-2870?: CVE-2017-2870 is a high-severity vulnerability in GNOME Gdk-Pixbuf, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-09-05.
How severe is CVE-2017-2870?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.