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CVE-2017-2870

An exploitable integer overflow vulnerability exists in the tiff_image_parse functionality of Gdk...

8.8 HighFix available

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

2.61%Up 0.8 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 8.8

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.

Record
CVE-2017-2870
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-12011 8.8

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.

Record
EUVD-2017-12011
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8frw-r4fr-c96p 7.8

An exploitable integer overflow vulnerability exists in the tiff_image_parse functionality of Gdk...

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.

Record
GHSA-8frw-r4fr-c96p
CVSS 3.0
7.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-190
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 7.8

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.

Record
CVE-2017-2870
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
6.8 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-190
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 7.8

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.

Record
CVE-2017-2870
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-04
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2017-2870 7.8

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.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2017-2870
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2017-2870 7.8

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.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2870
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.0
7.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2018-0016 No score

Updated gdk-pixbuf2.0 packages fix security vulnerability

JPEG gdk_pixbuf__jpeg_image_load_increment Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2017-2862).

tiff_image_parse Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2017-2870).

Ariel Zelivansky discovered that the GDK-PixBuf library did not properly handle printing certain error messages. If an user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted image file, a remote attacker could use this flaw to cause GDK-PixBuf to crash, resulting in a denial of service (CVE-2017-6311).

Out-of-bounds read on io-ico.c (CVE-2017-6312).

A dangerous integer underflow in io-icns.c (CVE-2017-6313).

Infinite loop in io-tiff.c (CVE-2017-6314).

Note, the CVE-2017-2862, CVE-2017-2870, and CVE-2017-6311 issues only affected Mageia 5.

Record
MGASA-2018-0016
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10779-1 No score

gdk-pixbuf-devel-2.42.6-3.2 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the gdk-pixbuf-devel-2.42.6-3.2 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10779-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2017:2381-1 No score

Security update for gdk-pixbuf

This update for gdk-pixbuf fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2017-2862: JPEG gdk_pixbuf__jpeg_image_load_increment Code Execution Vulnerability (bsc#1048289)
  • CVE-2017-2870: tiff_image_parse Code Execution Vulnerability (bsc#1048544)
  • CVE-2017-6313: A dangerous integer underflow in io-icns.c (bsc#1027024)
  • CVE-2017-6314: Infinite loop in io-tiff.c (bsc#1027025)
  • CVE-2017-6312: Out-of-bounds read on io-ico.c (bsc#1027026)
Record
SUSE-SU-2017:2381-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2018:2470-1 No score

Security update for gtk2

This update for gtk2 provides the following fixes:

These security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2017-6312: Prevent integer overflow that allowed context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and application crash) via a crafted image entry offset in an ICO file (bsc#1027026).
  • CVE-2017-6314: The make_available_at_least function allowed context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a large TIFF file (bsc#1027025).
  • CVE-2017-6313: Prevent integer underflow in the load_resources function that allowed context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and program crash) via a crafted image entry size in an ICO file (bsc#1027024).
  • CVE-2017-2862: Prevent heap overflow in the gdk_pixbuf__jpeg_image_load_increment function. A specially crafted jpeg file could have caused a heap overflow resulting in remote code execution (bsc#1048289)
  • CVE-2017-2870: Prevent integer overflow in the tiff_image_parse functionality. A specially crafted tiff file could have caused a heap-overflow resulting in remote code execution (bsc#1048544).

This non-security issue was fixed:

  • Prevent an infinite loop when a window is destroyed while traversed (bsc#1039465).
Record
SUSE-SU-2018:2470-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-3418-1 No score

gdk-pixbuf vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the GDK-PixBuf library did not properly handle certain jpeg images. If an user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted jpeg file, a remote attacker could use this flaw to cause GDK-PixBuf to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-2862)

It was discovered that the GDK-PixBuf library did not properly handle certain tiff images. If an user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted tiff file, a remote attacker could use this flaw to cause GDK-PixBuf to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-2870)

Ariel Zelivansky discovered that the GDK-PixBuf library did not properly handle printing certain error messages. If an user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted image file, a remote attacker could use this flaw to cause GDK-PixBuf to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-6311)

Record
USN-3418-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
gdk-pixbuf
Debian:12
before 2.36.10-1
2.36.10-1
gdk-pixbuf
Debian:13
before 2.36.10-1
2.36.10-1
gdk-pixbuf
Debian:14
before 2.36.10-1
2.36.10-1
gdk-pixbuf
Debian:8
before 2.31.1-2+deb8u8, plus listed versions
2.31.1-22.31.1-2+deb8u12.31.1-2+deb8u22.31.1-2+deb8u32.31.1-2+deb8u4
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2.31.1-2+deb8u4+kbsd8u12.31.1-2+deb8u52.31.1-2+deb8u5+kbsd8u12.31.1-2+deb8u5+kbsd8u22.31.1-2+deb8u62.31.1-2+deb8u7
2.31.1-2+deb8u8
gdk-pixbuf2.0
Mageia:5
before 2.32.3-1.1.mga5
2.32.3-1.1.mga5
gdk-pixbuf2.0
Mageia:6
before 2.36.10-1.1.mga6
2.36.10-1.1.mga6
gdk-pixbuf
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
before 2.34.0-19.5.1
2.34.0-19.5.1
gdk-pixbuf
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
before 2.34.0-19.5.1
2.34.0-19.5.1
gdk-pixbuf
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2
before 2.34.0-19.5.1
2.34.0-19.5.1
gdk-pixbuf
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2
before 2.34.0-19.5.1
2.34.0-19.5.1
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
gdk-pixbuf
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3
before 2.34.0-19.5.1
2.34.0-19.5.1
gdk-pixbuf
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
before 2.34.0-19.5.1
2.34.0-19.5.1
gdk-pixbuf
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
before 2.34.0-19.5.1
2.34.0-19.5.1
gdk-pixbuf
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
before 2.34.0-19.5.1
2.34.0-19.5.1
gdk-pixbuf
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
before 2.34.0-19.5.1
2.34.0-19.5.1
gtk2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
before 2.18.9-0.45.8.1
2.18.9-0.45.8.1
gtk2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
before 2.18.9-0.45.8.1
2.18.9-0.45.8.1
gtk2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
before 2.18.9-0.45.8.1
2.18.9-0.45.8.1
gdk-pixbuf
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
before 2.30.7-0ubuntu1.7, plus listed versions
2.28.1-1ubuntu22.30.0-0ubuntu22.30.1-0ubuntu22.30.2-0ubuntu12.30.2-0ubuntu2
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2.30.3-0ubuntu12.30.4-0ubuntu12.30.5-0ubuntu12.30.6-12.30.7-0ubuntu12.30.7-0ubuntu1.12.30.7-0ubuntu1.22.30.7-0ubuntu1.6
2.30.7-0ubuntu1.7
gdk-pixbuf
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
before 2.32.2-1ubuntu1.3, plus listed versions
2.32.1-12.32.2-12.32.2-1ubuntu12.32.2-1ubuntu1.2
2.32.2-1ubuntu1.3
gdk-pixbuf
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
before 2.42.6-3.2
2.42.6-3.2

History

History
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factsOSV
aliasesEUVD
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Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2017-2870 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Gnome Gdk-pixbuf, published September 5, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.61%, the 85th percentile. Fixed in gdk-pixbuf 2.36.10-1.

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