CVE-2017-12944

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    CVE-2017-12944

    Published: 18 Aug 2017Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://usn.ubuntu.com/3602-1/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3606-1/, https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4100, http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2725

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 4a25fa0efc03a4e71740efc748c24b93152b1807
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    4.0.8

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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    High