High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Jan 23, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-5563

Description

LibTIFF version 4.0.7 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read in tif_lzw.c resulting in DoS or code execution via a crafted bmp image to tools/bmp2tiff.

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Affected products

LibTIFF/Libtiff2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:4.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:4.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: = 4.0.7

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/95705nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cginvdIssue Tracking
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-27nvd
usn.ubuntu.com/3606-1/nvd

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