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CVE-2017-17095

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-17095 is a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the pal2rgb tool within LibTIFF 4.0.9, allowing remote attackers to trigger a denial of service or potentially achieve further impact through a crafted TIFF file. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability can be exploited over a network with low attack complexity, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not actively exploited in the wild and lacking Metasploit/Nuclei modules, public exploit code (EDB-43322) exists, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding it.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.0.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:4.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
10.64%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-43322 · Dec 11, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1064 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 14,848 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: libtiff-0:4.0.9-34.el8_10
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: libtiff-0:4.4.0-10.el9
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-17095Moderate

libtiff: Heap-based buffer overflow in tools/pal2rgb.c can lead to denial of service

Nov 29, 2017

References

bugzilla.maptools.org / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue Tracking
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00027.html
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202003-25
usn.ubuntu.com / 3606-1
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4349
exploit-db.com / exploits/43322
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2017/11/30/3
Mailing List
securityfocus.com / bid/102124
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry