CVE-2017-17095
tools/pal2rgb.c in pal2rgb in LibTIFF 4.0.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (TIFFSetupStrips heap-based buffer…
- 8.8HighCVSS base score
- 10.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
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.
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- LibTIFF pal2rgb 4.0.9 - Heap Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 43322dos, linuxpublished 11 Dec 2017Not verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 43322 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 10.6% · top 4.2% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- USN-3606-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2750 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 43322 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- DSA-4349 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 102124 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/30/3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20191126 [SECURITY] [DLA 2009-1] tiff security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- GLSA-202003-25 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2017-8261 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2017-17095)Record last updated .