CVE-2017-5225
high
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
8.8
Description
LibTIFF version 4.0.7 is vulnerable to a heap buffer overflow in the tools/tiffcp resulting in DoS or code execution via a crafted BitsPerSample value.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
92%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 4.0.7-5 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 4.0.7-5 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 4.0.7-5 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 4.0.7-5 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 4.0.7-5 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| libtiff | libtiff | 4.0.7 | |
References
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2656
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2657
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3844
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95413
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037911
- https://github.com/vadz/libtiff/commit/5c080298d59efa53264d7248bbe3a04660db6ef7
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-27
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5225.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5225
CWEs
CWE-119 CWE-122
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.