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CVE-2017-7596

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-7596 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting LibTIFF 4.0.7, stemming from an "outside the range of representable values of type float" issue when processing crafted images. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a significant risk of application crash and potentially other unspecified impacts, with an attack vector requiring user interaction. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

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

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.94%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0194 is in the 77th percentile among its peer group of 11,617 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 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 0.0 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-2017-7596Low

libtiff: Float out of range issue in tif_dir.c

Apr 9, 2017

References

blogs.gentoo.org / ago/2017/04/01/libtiff-multiple-ubsan-crashes
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201709-27
usn.ubuntu.com / 3602-1
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3844
securityfocus.com / bid/97506
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry