Memory Leak Affecting libtiff package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (58th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-LIBTIFF-1989919
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed20 Apr 2017

Introduced: 20 Apr 2017

CVE-2017-9404  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:7 libtiff.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libtiff package and not the libtiff package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

In LibTIFF 4.0.7, a memory leak vulnerability was found in the function OJPEGReadHeaderInfoSecTablesQTable in tif_ojpeg.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.