CVE-2017-16232

HIGH

LibTIFF 4.0.8 - Memory Corruption

Title source: llm

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)

[Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00036.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00041.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/150896/LibTIFF-4.0.8-Memory-Leak.html

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Dec/32

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Dec/47

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/11

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/3

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/7

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/8

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101696

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5

EPSS 0.0107

EPSS Percentile 77.5%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-772

Status published

Affected Products (10)

libtiff/libtiff

opensuse/leap

suse/linux_enterprise_desktop

suse/linux_enterprise_server

suse/linux_enterprise_software_development_kit

Timeline

Published Mar 21, 2019

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026