Integer overflow - CVE-2017-2870
Published: August 31, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU8061
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-2870
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the targeted system.
The weakness exists in the tiffimageparse functionality due to integer overflow. A remote attacker can trick the victim to click a malicious link or open a specially crafted TIFF file, trigger heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
The weakness exists in the tiffimageparse functionality due to integer overflow. A remote attacker can trick the victim to click a malicious link or open a specially crafted TIFF file, trigger heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
Affected software
How to mitigate CVE-2017-2870
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official patch addressing the vulnerability.