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CVE-2017-9404

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-9404 is a medium-severity memory leak vulnerability (CWE-772) in LibTIFF 4.0.7, specifically within the OJPEGReadHeaderInfoSecTablesQTable function in tif_ojpeg.c. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted file, impacting various Canonical and Debian Linux distributions and LibTIFF versions. The CVSSv3 score is 6.5, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high availability impact. There is currently 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.47%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
71.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0147 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 26,219 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 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-2017-9404Low

libtiff: Memory leak in OJPEGReadHeaderInfoSecTablesQTable

Apr 20, 2017

References

bugzilla.maptools.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3602-1
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3903
Third Party Advisory