CVE-2017-10688 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 7.4% (pctl 94)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
In LibTIFF 4.0.8, there is a assertion abort in the TIFFWriteDirectoryTagCheckedLong8Array function in tif_dirwrite.c. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| EPSS | 7.37% — more likely to be exploited than 94% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-20 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2017-06-29 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| libtiff | libtiff |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | LibTIFF - 'tif_dirwrite.c' Denial of Service | 2017-07-06 |
References
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2712
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3903
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99359
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3602-1/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42299/
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2712
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3903
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99359
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3602-1/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42299/
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