What is CVE-2017-2880?

CVE-2017-2880 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pl32 Photoline, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-10-05.

How severe is CVE-2017-2880?

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

Buffer overflow in Pl32 Photoline

CVE-2017-2880

An memory corruption vulnerability exists in the .GIF parsing functionality of Computerinsel Photoline 20.02. A specially crafted .GIF file can cause a vulnerability resulting in potential code execution. An attacker can send specific .GIF file to trigger this vulnerability.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.014 (70.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Pl32 Photoline — versions 20.02
Talos Computerinsel Photoline — versions 20.02

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

talos-cna@cisco.com (vdb-entry, Broken Link, x_refsource_BID)
talos-cna@cisco.com (Technical Description, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-2880?: CVE-2017-2880 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pl32 Photoline, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-10-05.
How severe is CVE-2017-2880?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.