VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-12944

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability2.67%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-08-18
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

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