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CVE-2017-16232

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-16232 describes multiple memory leak vulnerabilities in LibTIFF 4.0.8, potentially affecting products like openSUSE and SUSE. Rated High severity (CVSS 7.5), this flaw could allow unauthenticated remote attackers to cause a denial of service through excessive memory consumption. Despite its severity, third parties have been unable to reproduce the issue, and there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.0.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:4.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
42.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
42.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:12:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:12:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0537 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Vendor Patches (5)

redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: libtiff
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: libtiff
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libtiff
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: compat-libtiff3
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libtiff

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-16232Low

libtiff: Memory leaks in tif_open.c, tif_lzw.c, and tif_aux.c

Nov 1, 2017

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00036.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00041.html
Third Party Advisory
packetstormsecurity.com / files/150896/LibTIFF-4.0.8-Memory-Leak.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2018/Dec/32
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2018/Dec/47
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/11
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/3
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/7
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/8
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/101696
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry