CVE-2017-9815

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9815
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-9815.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-9815
Downstream
Published
2017-06-22T15:29:00.173Z
Modified
2026-07-07T08:49:42.162568170Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

In LibTIFF 4.0.7, the TIFFReadDirEntryLong8Array function in libtiff/tif_dirread.c mishandles a malloc operation, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory leak within the function TIFFmalloc in tifunix.c) via a crafted file.

Database specific 
{
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "vendor_product": "canonical:ubuntu_linux",
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*"
            ],
            "source": "CPE_STRING",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "14.04"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "14.04"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "16.04"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "16.04"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/vadz/libtiff

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/vadz/libtiff
Events
Introduced
b28076b056eba9d665881bab139d21b21137fd2d
Last affected
b28076b056eba9d665881bab139d21b21137fd2d
Database specific 
{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:4.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "source": "CPE_STRING",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "4.0.7"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "4.0.7"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

4.*
4.0.7
Other
Release-v4-0-7

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-9815.json"

Git / gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff
Events
Introduced
884f973652b8b020e533b1e340da3ef4bcd1d925
Last affected
884f973652b8b020e533b1e340da3ef4bcd1d925
Database specific 
{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:4.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "source": "CPE_STRING",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "4.0.7"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "4.0.7"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

4.*
4.0.7
v4.*
v4.0.7

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-9815.json"