UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9937

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9937

    Published: 26 Jun 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-9937
    Aliases:
    USN-5742-1

    Summary:

    Details: In LibTIFF 4.0.8, there is a memory malloc failure in tif_jbig.c. A crafted TIFF document can lead to an abort resulting in a remote denial of service attack.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9937, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5742-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9937

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: jbigkit

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.0-2ubuntu4.1+esm1

    Affected versions

    2.0-2ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High