Vulnerability CVE-2017-12944
Published: 2017-08-18

Description:
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.

Type:

CWE-770

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Libtiff -> Libtiff 

 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
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