libtiff: Assertion abort in the TIFFWriteDirectoryTagCheckedLong8Array function
Published Jun 29, 2017
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 6.72%
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.
Affected products
No data.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
libtiff
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
libtiff
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
compat-libtiff3
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
libtiff
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | libtiff | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | libtiff | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | compat-libtiff3 | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | libtiff | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (17 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 6.72% (0.06721) | 93.73th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 6.72% (0.06721) | 93.08th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| May 10, 2026 | 3.79% (0.03787) | 88.14th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Aug 28, 2025 | 6.84% (0.06845) | 90.97th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 5.01% (0.05013) | 88.73th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 11.67% (0.11672) | 89.41th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 5.01% (0.05013) | 88.99th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 8.16% (0.08159) | 94.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 21, 2024 | 10.51% (0.10514) | 95.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 12.56% (0.12563) | 94.51th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 8.94% (0.08944) | 94.01th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 8.94% (0.08944) | 93.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 8.94% (0.08944) | 83.03th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 8.17% (0.08166) | 85.27th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 8.17% (0.08166) | 85.09th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 8.17% (0.08166) | 92.67th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 8.17% (0.08166) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (9)
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2712 x_refsource_MISCIssue Tracking
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3903 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99359 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10688 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1470241 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10688
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3602-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-10688
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42299/ exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2712 | x_refsource_MISCIssue Tracking | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3903 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99359 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10688 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1470241 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10688 | ||
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3602-1/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-10688 | ||
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42299/ | exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB |
Change history (0)
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