Out-of-Bounds Affecting libtiff package, versions <0:4.0.9-34.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
10.64% (96th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-LIBTIFF-11330445
  • published30 Jul 2025
  • disclosed2 Dec 2017

Introduced: 2 Dec 2017

CVE-2017-17095  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 libtiff to version 0:4.0.9-34.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2025:4658.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libtiff package and not the libtiff package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.