CVE-2017-13727

MEDIUM

libtiff - Reachable Assertion Denial of Service in TIFFWriteDirectoryTagSubifd

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

There is a reachable assertion abort in the function TIFFWriteDirectoryTagSubifd() in LibTIFF 4.0.8, related to tif_dirwrite.c and a SubIFD tag. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3602-1/
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2728
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4100
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100524

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0064
EPSS Percentile 70.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-617
Status published
Products (1)
libtiff/libtiff 4.0.8
Published Aug 29, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026