Memory leak in LibTIFF - CVE-2017-9403
Published: July 11, 2017 / Updated: July 13, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU7404
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9403
CWE-ID: CWE-401
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 cause DoS condition.
The weakness exits due to memory leak in the function TIFFReadDirEntryLong8Array in tif_dirread.c. A remote attacker can send specially crafted TIFF file and cause the application to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
The weakness exits due to memory leak in the function TIFFReadDirEntryLong8Array in tif_dirread.c. A remote attacker can send specially crafted TIFF file and cause the application to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-9403
Update to version 4.0.8-3.