{"cve":"CVE-2017-9117","nvd":{"published":"2017-05-21T19:29:00.187","modified":"2026-06-17T01:27:30.503","status":"Modified","description":"In LibTIFF 4.0.6 and possibly other versions, the program processes BMP images without verifying that biWidth and biHeight in the bitmap-information header match the actual input, as demonstrated by a heap-based buffer over-read in bmp2tiff. NOTE: mentioning bmp2tiff does not imply that the activation point is in the bmp2tiff.c file (which was removed before the 4.0.7 release).","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L","score":4.0},"cwes":["CWE-125"],"references":["http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2690","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98581","https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/89","https://usn.ubuntu.com/3606-1/","http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2690"],"products":["canonical:ubuntu_linux","libtiff:libtiff"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:42:36.429588156+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2017-9117","score":0.0216,"percentile":0.82213,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}