Medium severity4.0NVD Advisory· Published May 21, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-9117
CVE-2017-9117
Description
In LibTIFF 4.0.6 and possibly other versions, the program processes BMP images without verifying that biWidth and biHeight in the bitmap-information header match the actual input, as demonstrated by a heap-based buffer over-read in bmp2tiff. NOTE: mentioning bmp2tiff does not imply that the activation point is in the bmp2tiff.c file (which was removed before the 4.0.7 release).
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Affected products
8cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- osv-coords3 versionspkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4
< 3.8.2-141.169.22.1+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: < 3.8.2-141.169.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.8.2-141.169.22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.8.2-141.169.22.1
Patches
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References
4- bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/98581nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- usn.ubuntu.com/3606-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/89nvd
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