SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-5849

tiffttopnm in netpbm 10.47.63 does not properly use the libtiff TIFFRGBAImageGet function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and write) via a crafted tiff image file, related to transposing width and height…

MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 1.93%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.93%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

tiffttopnm in netpbm 10.47.63 does not properly use the libtiff TIFFRGBAImageGet function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and write) via a crafted tiff image file, related to transposing width and height values.

CVSS 3.0
5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
1.93% probability · 79th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-125, CWE-787
Affected
fedoraproject/fedora · netpbm project/netpbm
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.