Out-of-Bounds Affecting libtiff5 package, versions <4.0.9-45.5.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.47% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES154-LIBTIFF5-10115464
  • published11 May 2025
  • disclosed17 Feb 2022

Introduced: 17 Feb 2022

CVE-2017-17095  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.4 libtiff5 to version 4.0.9-45.5.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libtiff5 package and not the libtiff5 package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.4 relevant fixed versions and status.

tools/pal2rgb.c in pal2rgb in LibTIFF 4.0.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (TIFFSetupStrips heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TIFF file.