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CVE-2017-2575
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…
Medium6.5EPSS 1.4%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 21 months later
· 21 months later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.4% · top 27% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected 0.9.7
References (2)
- 97963 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20170420 CVE-2017-2575 libbpg: NULL pointer dereference in image_alloc (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
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