CVE-2017-5849

Exp

tiffttopnm in netpbm 10.47.63 does not properly use the libtiff TIFFRGBAImageGet function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and write) via a crafted tiff image file, related to transposing width and height values.

Published: 2017-03-15 Last update: 2026-05-13 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2017-5849 is rated Exploit Available (50.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.18%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2017-5849

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-5849

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-30 0.31% 0.18% -0.13%
2 2026-05-29 0.23% 0.31% +0.07%
3 2026-01-22 — 0.23% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2017-5849

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 3.6 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2017-5849

OS Trackers for CVE-2017-5849

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2017-5849 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (netpbm-free), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5849
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5849
suse medium CVE-2017-5849 severity moderate: SUSE including 22 source package names (libnetpbm-devel, libnetpbm-devel-10.66.3-8.10.1, …), 48 product×package rows across 21 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6, … (21 product lines)): Fixed 35, Known Not Affected 13. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5849/
ubuntu medium CVE-2017-5849 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (netpbm-free), 5 status rows across 5 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, xenial, yakkety): not-affected 3, DNE 1, needed 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5849

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-5849

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
fedoraproject fedora 24 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 25 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netpbm_project netpbm 10.47.63 cpe:2.3:a:netpbm_project:netpbm:10.47.63:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2017-5849

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