7.5

CVE-2017-12944: libtiff

CVSS: 7.5v3.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2017-12944DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12944
Published 18-08-2017Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-12944 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in libtiff. EPSS estimates a 2.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.67%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Related 5
DLA-1093-1DSA-4100-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13381-1SUSE-SU-2018:4008-1SUSE-SU-2018:4191-1USN-3602-1

Timeline

  1. 18-08-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The TIFFReadDirEntryArray function in tif_read.c in LibTIFF 4.0.8 mishandles memory allocation for short files, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (allocation failure and application crash) in the TIFFFetchStripThing function in tif_dirread.c during a tiff2pdf invocation.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.67%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

86%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.67% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.67%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • tiff< 4.0.8-6
Libtiff1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • tiff< 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.8 | < 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.3

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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