Is CVE-2017-12944 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2017-12944 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2017-12944?

CVE-2017-12944 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2017-12944?

CVE-2017-12944 has an EPSS score of 2.67% (84th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2017-12944?

Upgrade tiff on debian 11 to 4.0.8-6 or later. Fixes are available for 4 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2017-12944

HIGHEPSS 84th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The TIFFReadDirEntryArray function in tif_read.c in LibTIFF 4.0.8 mishandles memory allocation for short files, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (allocation failure and application crash) in the TIFFFetchStripThing function in tif_dirread.c during a tiff2pdf invocation.

CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

How to fix

Remediation Available

tiffDebian

Fixed in:4.0.8-6CVE-2017-12944

libtiff-toolsUbuntu

Fixed in:4.0.3-7ubuntu0.9USN-3606-1

Fixed in:4.0.3-7ubuntu0.8USN-3602-1

Fixed in:4.0.6-1ubuntu0.3USN-3602-1

Fixed in:4.0.6-1ubuntu0.4USN-3606-1

libtiff5Ubuntu

Fixed in:4.0.3-7ubuntu0.9USN-3606-1

Fixed in:4.0.3-7ubuntu0.8USN-3602-1

Fixed in:4.0.6-1ubuntu0.4USN-3606-1

Fixed in:4.0.6-1ubuntu0.3USN-3602-1

tiffUbuntu

Fixed in:4.0.3-7ubuntu0.9USN-3606-1

Fixed in:4.0.3-7ubuntu0.8USN-3602-1

Fixed in:4.0.6-1ubuntu0.4USN-3606-1

Fixed in:4.0.6-1ubuntu0.3USN-3602-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

2.67%probability of exploitation in 30 days

84thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 84% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory1

bugzilla.maptools.org

Other references3

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-770 (Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2023-50387	High	7.5	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-11478	Medium	5.3	95%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-11479	High	7.5	92%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-27316	High	7.5	91%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-30522	High	7.5	90%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-9515	High	7.5	88%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-13.