DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12944

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-12944
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12944.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12944
Upstream
Published
2017-08-18T15:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-25T22:40:49Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The TIFFReadDirEntryArray function in tifread.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 tifdirread.c during a tiff2pdf invocation.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / tiff

Package

Name
tiff
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/tiff?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.0.8-6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / tiff

Package

Name
tiff
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/tiff?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.0.8-6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / tiff

Package

Name
tiff
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/tiff?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.0.8-6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / tiff

Package

Name
tiff
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/tiff?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.0.8-6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}