#VU13514 Assertion failure in LibTIFF - CVE-2017-13726

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#VU13514 Assertion failure in LibTIFF - CVE-2017-13726

Published: June 28, 2018 / Updated: June 29, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU13514
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-13726
CWE-ID: CWE-617
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
LibTIFF
Software vendor:
LibTIFF

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition.

The vulnerability exists due to a reachable assertion abort in the function TIFFWriteDirectorySec(), related to tif_dirwrite.c and a SubIFD tag when processing malicious input. A remote attacker can send specially crafted input, trigger assertion failure and cause the service to crash.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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