CVE-2017-17095

HIGHNVD 8.88.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 8.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2022-05-14. NVD baseline CVSS 8.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Elevated
8.8
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 11%CVSS: 8.8Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

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.

CVSS v3
8.8
EG Score
8.8(medium)
EPSS
95.3%
KEV
Not listed

Published

December 2, 2017

Last Modified

May 13, 2026

References (16)

Patch Availability(3)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntulibtiffxx5 (4.0.6-1ubuntu0.4) @ xenial2026-05-22ubuntu
redhatlibtiff-0:4.0.9-34.el8_102025-05-07redhat
redhatlibtiff-0:4.4.0-10.el92023-11-07redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

All Vendor Advisories

(3)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 8× in last 7d / 32× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-07 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
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  15. 2026-06-23 21:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-06-22 21:05 UTCOSV refresh
  17. 2026-06-22 14:23 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-06-15 17:45 UTCEPSS rescore
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  8. 2026-06-06 13:45 UTCEPSS rescore
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  10. 2026-06-05 22:44 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-06-05 11:57 UTCOSV refresh
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  32. 2026-05-22 07:33 UTCEG score recompute
  33. 2026-05-22 07:33 UTCVendor advisory
  34. 2026-05-22 07:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-05-20 22:37 UTCEPSS rescore
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Publicly available exploits

(1 reference)

Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 Exploit-DB entry). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • Exploit-DBEDB-43322
    First seen Dec 11, 2017

    LibTIFF pal2rgb 4.0.9 - Heap Buffer Overflow

    Open source ↗

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2017-17095?
CVE-2017-17095 is a high vulnerability published on December 2, 2017. 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.
When was CVE-2017-17095 disclosed?
CVE-2017-17095 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on December 2, 2017, with the most recent update on May 13, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2017-17095 actively exploited?
CVE-2017-17095 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 95.3% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2017-17095?
CVE-2017-17095 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2017-17095?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2017-17095, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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