CVE-2017-12944

high

Description

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.

References

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4100

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3606-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3602-1/

http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2725

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-08-18

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00434