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DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12944

DEBIAN-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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:11tiff0, 0, 0
Debian:13tiff0, 0, 0
Debian:12tiff0, 0, 0
Debian:14tiff0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Aug 18, 2017 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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