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CVE-2017-12944 json

The TIFFReadDirEntryArray function in tif_read.c in LibTIFF 4.0.8 mishandles memory allocation for short files, which allows remote attacke…

published 2017-08-18 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-4468

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.7%
EPSS 2.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 85%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • tiff Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.0.8-6

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12944

  • tiff Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.8
  • tiff Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.3

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12944

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • tiff SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES 12 SP4 +5 more 4.0.9-44.30.1
  • tiff SLE Module for Package Hub 15, SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 4.0.9-5.20.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2018:4191-1SUSE-SU-2018:4008-1

  • tiff openSUSE Tumbleweed 4.6.0-2.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:13381-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-12944 updated cvss 3.3

libtiff: Mishandled memory allocation for short files in the TIFFReadDirEntryArray function

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 libtiff Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libtiff Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libtiff, libtiff-tools, compat-libtiff3
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 libtiff, libtiff-tools
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

Sources

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