VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-5225
LibTIFF version 4.0.7 is vulnerable to a heap buffer overflow in the tools/tiffcp resulting in DoS or code execution via a crafted BitsPerSample value.
HIGH 8.8EPSS 4.39%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.39%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
LibTIFF version 4.0.7 is vulnerable to a heap buffer overflow in the tools/tiffcp resulting in DoS or code execution via a crafted BitsPerSample value.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 4.39% probability · 91th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119, CWE-122
- Affected
- libtiff/libtiff
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2656Exploit, Issue Tracking
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2657Exploit, Issue Tracking
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3844
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95413Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037911
- https://github.com/vadz/libtiff/commit/5c080298d59efa53264d7248bbe3a04660db6ef7Patch
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-27
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2656Exploit, Issue Tracking
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2657Exploit, Issue Tracking
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3844
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95413Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037911
- https://github.com/vadz/libtiff/commit/5c080298d59efa53264d7248bbe3a04660db6ef7Patch
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-27
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.