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CVE-2017-17095 in the critical feed json

tools/pal2rgb.c in pal2rgb in LibTIFF 4.0.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (TIFFSetupStrips heap-based buffer overflo…

published 2017-12-02 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-8261

cvss
8.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
10.6%
EPSS 10.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

tools/pal2rgb.c in pal2rgb in LibTIFF 4.0.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (TIFFSetupStrips heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TIFF file.

Patch / fix

  • tiff Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.0.9-5

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17095

  • tiff Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.9
  • tiff Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.4

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17095

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  • libtiff RHEL 8 4.0.9-34.el8_10
  • libtiff-tools RHEL 8 4.0.9-34.el8_10
  • libtiff RHEL 9 4.4.0-10.el9
  • libtiff-tools RHEL 9 4.4.0-10.el9

red hat advisories RHSA-2025:4658RHSA-2023:6575

  • tiff SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES for SAP 12 SP3 +11 more 4.0.9-44.45.1
  • tiff SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES for SAP 15 SP1, SLES for SAP 15 +21 more 4.0.9-45.5.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2022:0496-1SUSE-SU-2022:0480-1

  • tiff openSUSE Tumbleweed 4.6.0-2.1
  • tiff openSUSE Leap 15.3 4.0.9-45.5.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:13381-1openSUSE-SU-2022:0480-1

  • libtiff AlmaLinux 8 4.0.9-34.el8_10
  • libtiff-tools AlmaLinux 8 4.0.9-34.el8_10

almalinux advisories ALSA-2025:4658

  • libtiff Rocky Linux 8 4.0.9-34.el8_10

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2025:4658

  • tiff Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +14 more 4.0.9-r6
  • tiff Alpine 3.7, Alpine 3.6, Alpine 3.5 4.0.9-r5

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2017-17095

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-17095 updated cvss 7.5

libtiff: Heap-based buffer overflow in tools/pal2rgb.c can lead to denial of service

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 libtiff Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libtiff Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libtiff, libtiff-tools, compat-libtiff3
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) libtiff-tools 4.4.0-10.el9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:6575
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) libtiff 4.0.9-34.el8_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:4658
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) libtiff 4.4.0-10.el9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:6575
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) libtiff-tools 4.0.9-34.el8_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:4658

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Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-43322)

Exploit prediction

10.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-43322 LibTIFF pal2rgb 4.0.9 - Heap Buffer Overflow dos, 2017-12-11
  • bugzilla.maptools.org http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2750 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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