Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting tiff package, versions <4.0.8-6
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- published18 Aug 2017
- disclosed18 Aug 2017
Introduced: 18 Aug 2017
CVE-2017-12944 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable tiff to version 4.0.8-6 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tiff package and not the tiff package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.
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.