CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-9815
6.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-06-22
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-772
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.
Affected configurations
• libtiff libtiff 4.0.7
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 16.04
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-772 Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime weakness
References
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2682 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- http://somevulnsofadlab.blogspot.jp/2017/06/libtiffmemory-leak-in-tiffmalloc.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99235 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3602-1/ Third Party Advisory
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2682 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- http://somevulnsofadlab.blogspot.jp/2017/06/libtiffmemory-leak-in-tiffmalloc.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99235 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3602-1/ Third Party Advisory