High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 18, 2017· Updated May 13, 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.
Affected products
1Patches
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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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