7.8

CVE-2017-7598: libtiff Divide By Zero

CVSS: 7.8v3.0HighModified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2017-7598UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7598DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7598
Published 09-04-2017Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-7598 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Divide By Zero vulnerability in libtiff. EPSS estimates a 2.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
42/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.50%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 3
DLA-911-1DSA-3844-1MGASA-2017-0199OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11461-1SUSE-SU-2017:2569-1USN-3602-1

Timeline

  1. 09-04-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

tif_dirread.c in LibTIFF 4.0.7 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted image.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.50%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

84%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.50% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
2.50%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (blogs.gentoo.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Alpine1 product
  • tiff< 4.0.7-r2
Debian1 product
  • tiff< 4.0.7-6
Libtiff1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • tiff< 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.8 | < 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.3

4 vendors · 4 products

References

10 links