CVE-2017-16232
Published: 21 March 2019
** DISPUTED ** 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.
Notes
Author | Note |
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mdeslaur | fix only solves memory leak, but not high memory usage this CVE was disputed, marking as ignored |
Priority
Status
Package | Release | Status |
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tiff Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
artful |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
bionic |
Ignored
|
|
cosmic |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
disco |
Ignored
|
|
trusty |
Ignored
|
|
upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
xenial |
Ignored
|
|
zesty |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
Patches: upstream: https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/commit/25f9ffa56548c1846c4a1f19308b7f561f7b1ab0 |
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
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Base score | 7.5 |
Attack vector | Network |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | None |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | None |
Integrity impact | None |
Availability impact | High |
Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |