CVE-2017-7601

Publication date 9 April 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

LibTIFF 4.0.7 has a “shift exponent too large for 64-bit type long” undefined behavior issue, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted image.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
tiff	17.10 artful	Not affected
	17.04 zesty	Ignored end of life
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.3
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.8
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life

Notes

mdeslaur

this will not be fixed in precise/esm

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
tiff	Upstream: 0a76a8c

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.8 · High
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-3602-1
LibTIFF vulnerabilities
20 March 2018