CVE-2017-9815

MEDIUM

LibTIFF 4.0.7 - Denial of Service via Memory Leak in TIFFReadDirEntryLong8Array

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In LibTIFF 4.0.7, the TIFFReadDirEntryLong8Array function in libtiff/tif_dirread.c mishandles a malloc operation, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory leak within the function _TIFFmalloc in tif_unix.c) via a crafted file.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3602-1/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99235
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2682

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0047
EPSS Percentile 64.6%
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-772
Status published
Products (3)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04
libtiff/libtiff 4.0.7
Published Jun 22, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026