SB2017062616 - Denial of service in LibTIFF
Published: June 26, 2017 Updated: November 25, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017062616
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9937)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to crash the application.
The vulnerability exists due to a memory malloc failure in tif_jbig.c. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted TIFF file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.