CVE-2017-17784 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2017-17784?

CVE-2017-17784 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 20 Dec 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

In GIMP 2.8.22, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in load_image in plug-ins/common/file-gbr.c in the gbr import parser, related to mishandling of UTF-8 data.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-17784?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Gimp Gimp.

How do I fix CVE-2017-17784?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2017-17784 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-17784 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as CLEANSTART-2024-VI87250, DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17784, GHSA-mvpq-gg57-p98v, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17784.