Vulnerability Details CVE-2017-12944
The TIFFReadDirEntryArray function in tif_read.c in LibTIFF 4.0.8 mishandles memory allocation for short files, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (allocation failure and application crash) in the TIFFFetchStripThing function in tif_dirread.c during a tiff2pdf invocation.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.007
EPSS Ranking 71.9%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.5
CVSS v2 Score 5.0
References
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2725
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3602-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3606-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4100
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2725
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3602-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3606-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4100