VDB
CVE-2017-12944
CVE-2017-12944
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
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 2.67% · 85.1th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
2.67%
85.1th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | tiff | 0, 4.0.3-12.3ubuntu2, 4.0.5-1 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | tiff | 0, 4.0.2-4ubuntu3, 4.0.3-5ubuntu1 |
Timeline
- Aug 18, 2017 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 25, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 27, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 29, 2021 EPSS Score
- May 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 7, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 9, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 11, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 15, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12944 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3602-1 vendor-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3606-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12944 third-party-advisory