CVE-2017-6311

7.5 highEPSS 3.5%

High (7.5). EPSS 3.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

gdk-pixbuf-thumbnailer.c in gdk-pixbuf allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via vectors related to printing an error message.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.5 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS: 3.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 89% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-476
Published: 2017-03-10
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

fedoraproject:fedora
gnome:gdk-pixbuf

References

http://mov.sx/2017/02/21/bug-hunting-gdk-pixbuf.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/21/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/26/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96779
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=778204

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