7.8

CVE-2017-7600: libtiff Improper Input Validation

CVSS: 7.8v3.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2017-7600DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7600
Published 09-04-2017Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-7600 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in libtiff. EPSS estimates a 1.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73.6% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
41/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.49%
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 7 · Related 3
DLA-911-1DLA-912-1DSA-3844-1MGASA-2017-0199SUSE-SU-2017:2569-1SUSE-SU-2018:1472-1

Timeline

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

Description

LibTIFF 4.0.7 has an "outside the range of representable values of type unsigned char" undefined behavior issue, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted image.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.49%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

74%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.49% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.49%

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

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

3 vendors · 3 products

References

8 links