CVE-2017-2575
A vulnerability was found while fuzzing libbpg 0.9.7. It is a NULL pointer dereference issue due...
A vulnerability was found while fuzzing libbpg 0.9.7. It is a NULL pointer dereference issue due to missing check of the return value of function malloc in the BPG encoder. This vulnerability appeared while converting a malicious JPEG file to BPG.
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
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A vulnerability was found while fuzzing libbpg 0.9.7. It is a NULL pointer dereference issue due to missing check of the return value of function malloc in the BPG encoder. This vulnerability appeared while converting a malicious JPEG file to BPG.
- Record
CVE-2017-2575- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-119, CWE-476
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A vulnerability was found while fuzzing libbpg 0.9.7. It is a NULL pointer dereference issue due to missing check of the return value of function malloc in the BPG encoder. This vulnerability appeared while converting a malicious JPEG file to BPG.
- Record
CVE-2017-2575- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-11758 No score
A vulnerability was found while fuzzing libbpg 0.9.7. It is a NULL pointer dereference issue due to missing check of the return value of function malloc in the BPG encoder. This vulnerability appeared while converting a malicious JPEG file to BPG.
- Record
EUVD-2017-11758- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qh9h-c3mp-hxr2
A vulnerability was found while fuzzing libbpg 0.9.7. It is a NULL pointer dereference issue due...
A vulnerability was found while fuzzing libbpg 0.9.7. It is a NULL pointer dereference issue due to missing check of the return value of function malloc in the BPG encoder. This vulnerability appeared while converting a malicious JPEG file to BPG.
- Record
GHSA-qh9h-c3mp-hxr2- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-476
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-2575 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Fabrice Bellard Libbpg, published August 22, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.44%, the 73rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.