High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 18, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-12944
CVE-2017-12944
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.
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Affected products
14- osv-coords12 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/tiff&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Package%20Hub%2015pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP4
< 4.6.0-2.1+ 11 more
- (no CPE)range: < 4.6.0-2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-44.30.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-44.30.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-5.20.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-5.20.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-5.20.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-44.30.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-44.30.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-44.30.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-44.30.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-44.30.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-44.30.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- usn.ubuntu.com/3602-1/nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/3606-1/nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4100nvd
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