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CVE-2017-7601

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-7601 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting LibTIFF 4.0.7, stemming from a "shift exponent too large" issue that can crash applications processing crafted images. It carries a CVSSv3 score of 7.8 (High), indicating a local attack vector requiring user interaction, with potential for high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code available, and minimal community discussion, with only one GitHub patch mention.

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
2.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0245 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 11,616 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 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
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: libtiff

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-7601Low

libtiff: Signed integer overflow in tif_jpeg.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/97511
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry