CVE-2017-9815

MediumCVSS 6.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 6.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-772

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2682Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
http://somevulnsofadlab.blogspot.jp/2017/06/libtiffmemory-leak-in-tiffmalloc.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99235Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3602-1/Third Party Advisory
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2682Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
http://somevulnsofadlab.blogspot.jp/2017/06/libtiffmemory-leak-in-tiffmalloc.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99235Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3602-1/Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jun 22, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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