CVE-2017-17095
tools/pal2rgb.c in pal2rgb in LibTIFF 4.0.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (TIFFSetupStrips heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TIFF file.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.6%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
tools/pal2rgb.c in pal2rgb in LibTIFF 4.0.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (TIFFSetupStrips heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TIFF file.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 10.64% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 11 December 2017
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- libtiff/libtiff
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 10.6% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2750Exploit, Issue Tracking
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/30/3Mailing List
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102124Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00027.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-25
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3606-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4349
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43322/
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2750Exploit, Issue Tracking
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/30/3Mailing List
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102124Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00027.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-25
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3606-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4349
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43322/
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