CVE-2017-5225

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

4.39% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 90.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2017-01-12 11:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-03-02 20:56Z6 MO AGO

Reserved

2017-01-09

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-122Heap-based Buffer OverflowVariant
• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass

Data version

5.2

Document digest

4cb420ac480f8cf6d85e7d39066ea371298203c926f5da2d2b66313b61bece78

• www.debian.orgDSA-3844http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3844vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201709-27https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-27vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• bugzilla.maptools.orghttp://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2656x_refsource_CONFIRM
• bugzilla.maptools.orghttp://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2657x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securitytracker.com1037911http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037911vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.securityfocus.com95413http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95413vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• github.comhttps://github.com/vadz/libtiff/commit/5c080298d59efa53264d7248bbe3a04660db6ef7x_refsource_CONFIRM