CVE-2017-9815 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime in Libtiff

CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective LifetimeCWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption8 documents7 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.5%
top 35.56%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Debian TiffCanonical Ubuntu LinuxLibtiff
Timeline
PublishedJun 22
Latest updateMay 13

Description

In LibTIFF 4.0.7, the TIFFReadDirEntryLong8Array function in libtiff/tif_dirread.c mishandles a malloc operation, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory leak within the function _TIFFmalloc in tif_unix.c) via a crafted file.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDlibtiff/libtiff4.0.7
▶debiandebian/tiff< tiff 4.0.8-1 (bookworm)

Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 14.04, 16.04

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-25f6-v77j-jgcf: In LibTIFF 4↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2017-9815: In LibTIFF 4↗2017-06-22
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
LibTIFF vulnerabilities↗2018-03-20
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Red Hat
libtiff: Memory leak in the TIFFReadDirEntryLong8Array function↗2017-06-22
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Debian
CVE-2017-9815: tiff - In LibTIFF 4.0.7, the TIFFReadDirEntryLong8Array function in libtiff/tif_dirread...↗2017
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-9815 libtiff: CVE-2017-9815 [fedora-all]↗2017-06-23
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-9815 libtiff: Memory leak in the TIFFReadDirEntryLong8Array function↗2017-06-23
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