High severity · published Mar 17, 2019
CVE-2017-16232
LibTIFF 4.0.8 has multiple memory leak vulnerabilities, which allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption), as demonstrated by tif_open.c, tif_lzw.c, and…
7.5
CVSS
5.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
LibTIFF 4.0.8 has multiple memory leak vulnerabilities, which allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption), as demonstrated by tif_open.c, tif_lzw.c, and tif_aux.c. NOTE: Third parties were unable to reproduce the issue
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)5.4% · higher than 93% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LE
Leap · Opensuse
42.2; 42.3 · source: NVD
LI
Libtiff · Libtiff
4.0.8 · source: NVD
LE
Linux Enterprise Desktop · Suse
12; 12 · source: NVD
LE
Linux Enterprise Server · Suse
12; 12; 12 · source: NVD
LE
Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit · Suse
12; 12 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16232
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-16232
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00036.html
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00041.html
Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/150896/LibTIFF-4.0.8-Memory-Leak.html
Mailing List
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Dec/32
Mailing List
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Dec/47
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/11
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