Buffer over-read in LibTIFF - CVE-2017-17942
Published: December 28, 2017 / Updated: January 29, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10310
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-17942
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: LibTIFF
Affected software:
LibTIFF
LibTIFF
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to heap-based buffer over-read in the function PackBitsEncode in tif_packbits.c. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-17942
Install update from vendor's website.