CVE-2017-9937
medium
CVSS v3
6.5
VIR risk
6.5
Description
In LibTIFF 4.0.8, there is a memory malloc failure in tif_jbig.c. A crafted TIFF document can lead to an abort resulting in a remote denial of service attack.
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 | bookworm | affected | |
| debian | bullseye | affected | |
| debian | forky | affected | |
| debian | sid | affected | |
| debian | trixie | affected | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| libtiff | libtiff | {"endIncluding":"4.0.8"} | |
References
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2707
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99304
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9937.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-9937
CWEs
CWE-119
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