CVE catalog
CVE-2017-11421
UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11421
- Severity
- High · CVSS 7.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Published
- Updated
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.63% · Oct 25, 2026
gnome-exe-thumbnailer before 0.9.5 is prone to a VBScript Injection when generating thumbnails for MSI files, aka the "Bad Taste" issue. There is a local attack if the victim uses the GNOME Files file manager, and navigates to a directory containing a .msi file with VBScript code in its filename.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu | gnome-exe-thumbnailer | 16.04 | 0.9.3-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | gnome-exe-thumbnailer | 16.04 | 0.9.3-2ubuntu0.16.04.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu | gnome-exe-thumbnailer | deb | 16.04 | 0.9.3-2ubuntu0.16.04.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11421 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
No matching packages in this catalog.
Observed: