Predictive Vulnerability Intelligence.

Product

  • Product
  • Pricing
  • Documentation

Company

  • About
  • Partnerships
  • Blog
  • Support

Legal

  • Terms
  • Privacy
  • Data Licensing

© 2026 FAUCET Technologies LLC. All rights reserved.

CVE-2017-7593

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-7593 is a sensitive information disclosure vulnerability in LibTIFF 4.0.7, specifically within the tif_read.c component, due to improper initialization of tif_rawdata. This flaw allows remote attackers to potentially extract sensitive data from process memory via a specially crafted image. Rated as MEDIUM severity (CVSS 5.5), it requires local access and user interaction (e.g., opening a malicious file) for exploitation, with a high impact on confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.0.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:4.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.12%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0212 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 5,760 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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 (4)

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-2017-7593Low

libtiff: tif_rawdata not properly initialized in tif_read.c

Jan 11, 2017

References

bugzilla.maptools.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201709-27
usn.ubuntu.com / 3602-1
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3844
securityfocus.com / bid/97502
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry