PT-2017-19201 · Libtiff+1 · Libtiff+1

Published 2017-06-22 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-9815

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions LibTIFF version 4.0.7

Description The issue is related to a memory leak within the TIFFmalloc function in tif unix.c, caused by the TIFFReadDirEntryLong8Array function in libtiff/tif dirread.c mishandling a malloc operation. This can be triggered by attackers via a crafted file, leading to a denial of service.

Recommendations For LibTIFF version 4.0.7, consider updating to a newer version that addresses this issue, as the current version is affected by a memory leak that can cause a denial of service. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-772

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-9815

USN-3602-1

Affected Products

Libtiff

Ubuntu

References · 72

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