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

Published 2017-10-05 · 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: 0.014 (72.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 72nd percentile — 72.3% 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

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

www.securityfocus.com/bid/101188 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0387 (Technical Description, Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

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.