CVE-2017-9403
medium
CVSS v3
6.5
VIR risk
6.5
Description
In LibTIFF 4.0.7, a memory leak vulnerability was found in the function TIFFReadDirEntryLong8Array in tif_dirread.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | 8.0 | affected | |
| debian | 9.0 | affected | |
| debian | 10.0 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 14.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 16.04 | affected | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 4.0.8-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 4.0.8-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 4.0.8-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 4.0.8-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 4.0.8-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| libtiff | libtiff | 4.0.7 | |
References
CWEs
CWE-772
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Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.