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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.5

CVE-2017-5849 json

tiffttopnm in netpbm 10.47.63 does not properly use the libtiff TIFFRGBAImageGet function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial…

published 2017-03-15 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-14926

cvss
5.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.9%
EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 80%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

tiffttopnm in netpbm 10.47.63 does not properly use the libtiff TIFFRGBAImageGet function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and write) via a crafted tiff image file, related to transposing width and height values.

Patch / fix

  • netpbm SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP5, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 10.80.1-150000.3.14.1
  • netpbm SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 10.66.3-8.10.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2024:0435-1SUSE-SU-2024:0434-1

  • netpbm openSUSE Tumbleweed 11.5.2-2.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:13655-1

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-2017-5849 updated cvss 4.4

netpbm: Calls TIFFRGBA with width and height parameters switched

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 netpbm, netpbm-progs Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 netpbm, netpbm-progs
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 netpbm
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • bugzilla.maptools.org http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2655 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • bugzilla.maptools.org http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2654 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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