CVE-2017-12944
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.74%
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.
How to fix CVE-2017-12944
To remediate CVE-2017-12944, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/tiff—upgrade to 4.0.8-6 or later
Is CVE-2017-12944 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.7%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 4.0.8-6
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |