CVE-2017-16232
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.5 · CWE-772
7.5CVSS HIGH
Summary
LibTIFF 4.0.8 has multiple memory leak vulnerabilities, which allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption), as demonstrated by tif_open.c, tif_lzw.c, and tif_aux.c. NOTE: Third parties were unable to reproduce the issue
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)5%
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Dec/32 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Dec/32Patch
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Dec/47Patch
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00036.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00041.htmlAdvisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/150896/LibTIFF-4.0.8-Memory-Leak.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/11Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/3Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/7Advisory