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CVE-2017-12944
Published: Aug 18, 2017
Modified: Aug 5, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
USN-3606-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2725
x_refsource_CONFIRM
USN-3602-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
DSA-4100
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
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