High severity · published Aug 18, 2017
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…
7.5
CVSS
2.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.7% · higher than 86% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Libtiff · Libtiff
4.0.8 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12944
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12944
Issue Tracking
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2725
usn.ubuntu.com
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3602-1/
usn.ubuntu.com
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3606-1/
www.debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4100
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