THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2017-10688
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2017-10688

Libtiff vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
6.7%
EPSS pct
93th
Exploited
No known
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 vendor
Libtiff
Affected product
Libtiff
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
Published
2017-06-29

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 6.7% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2017-10688

  • Confirm whether Libtiff Libtiff is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
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