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CVE-2017-7599

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-7599 is an undefined behavior vulnerability in LibTIFF 4.0.7, specifically an "outside the range of representable values of type short" issue, which affects libtiff products. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a local attack vector requiring user interaction, with potential for high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, including application crashes and possibly other unspecified effects. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

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
1.98%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0198 is in the 77th percentile among its peer group of 11,616 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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-2017-7599Low

libtiff: Unsigned short out of range in tif_dirwrite.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/97505
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/97508
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry