CVE-2017-16232

HIGHScheduled

Published:Mar 21, 2019(7 years ago)

Modified:Nov 21, 2024

Remote ExploitNo Auth RequiredNo InteractionLow Complexity

Vulnerability Description

LibTIFF 4.0.8 has multiple memory leak vulnerabilities, which allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption), as demonstrated by tif_open.c, tif_lzw.c, and tif_aux.c. NOTE: Third parties were unable to reproduce the issue

Attack Characteristics

Network AccessLow ComplexityNo Auth NeededNo User Interaction

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No Fix Known

No patch has been released yet. Apply workarounds or mitigations where available.

Affected Software

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed In
libtiff	libtiff	-	-
opensuse	leap	-	-
opensuse	leap	-

Timeline

Published
CVE disclosed publicly
Mar 21, 20197 years ago
Last Modified
Most recent update
Nov 21, 20241 year ago
Indexed to CVEInsight
Added to this platform
Mar 29, 20261 month ago

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00036....Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00041....Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/150896/LibTIFF-4.0.8-Memory-Leak....Third Party Advisory

CVSS Score

v3.1

7.5/ 10.0

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

At a Glance

Affected Products

References

libtiff / libtiff

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Dec/32Mailing List

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Dec/47Mailing List

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/11Mailing List

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/3Mailing List

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/7Mailing List

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/8Mailing List

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101696Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00036....Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00041....Third Party Advisory

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/150896/LibTIFF-4.0.8-Memory-Leak....Third Party Advisory

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Dec/32Mailing List

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Dec/47Mailing List

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/11Mailing List

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/3Mailing List

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/7Mailing List

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/8Mailing List

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101696Third Party Advisory

CVSS v3 Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

Impact

ScopeUnchanged

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

Impact Analysis

ConfidentialityNone

NoneLowHigh

IntegrityNone

NoneLowHigh

AvailabilityHigh

NoneLowHigh

CVE-2017-16232

✦ Vulnerability Description

Attack Characteristics

Affected Software

Timeline

References

CVSS Score

At a Glance

Official Sources

CVSS v3 Vector

Impact Analysis

Vulnerability Description