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CVE-2017-12944

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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.

VendorProductVersions

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affected
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References

USN-3606-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
USN-3602-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
DSA-4100
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN

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