CVE-2017-12944 PUBLISHED

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.

EPSS 0.74% · 72.8th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
0.74%
72.8th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTStiff0, 4.0.3-12.3ubuntu2, 4.0.5-1
Ubuntu:14.04:LTStiff4.0.3-7ubuntu0.1, 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.2, 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.3

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