CVE-2017-16232

HIGH

LibTIFF 4.0.8 - Memory Leak Denial of Service

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

LibTIFF 4.0.8 has multiple memory leak vulnerabilities, which allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption), as demonstrated by tif_open.c, tif_lzw.c, and tif_aux.c. NOTE: Third parties were unable to reproduce the issue

References (10)

Core 10
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/150896/LibTIFF-4.0.8-Memory-Leak.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/11
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/3
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/7
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/8
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Dec/32
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Dec/47
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101696

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0477
EPSS Percentile 90.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-772
Status published
Products (6)
libtiff/libtiff 4.0.8
opensuse/leap 42.2
opensuse/leap 42.3
suse/linux_enterprise_desktop 12 sp2 (2 CPE variants)
suse/linux_enterprise_server 12 sp2 (3 CPE variants)
suse/linux_enterprise_software_development_kit 12 sp2 (2 CPE variants)
Published Mar 21, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026