CVE-2017-12944

The TIFFReadDirEntryArray function in tif_read.c in LibTIFF 4.0.8 mishandles memory allocation for short files, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial…

published August 18, 2017

CVSS
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EPSS
3%
Percentile
85.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The TIFFReadDirEntryArray function in tif_read.c in LibTIFF 4.0.8 mishandles memory allocation for short files, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (allocation failure and application crash) in the TIFFFetchStripThing function in tif_dirread.c during a tiff2pdf invocation.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.02671 · 85.6th percentile
Published
2017-08-18T15:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 18 AUG 15:00Z
    The TIFFReadDirEntryArray function in tif_read.c in LibTIFF 4.0.8 mishandles memory allocation for short files, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial…
    cvelistv5