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CVE-2017-7596

Published: 9 April 2017

LibTIFF 4.0.7 has an "outside the range of representable values of type float" undefined behavior issue, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted image.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
this will not be fixed in precise/esm

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
tiff
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Not vulnerable
(4.0.8-5)
precise Ignored
(end of life)
trusty
Released (4.0.3-7ubuntu0.8)
upstream
Released (4.0.7-6)
xenial
Released (4.0.6-1ubuntu0.3)
yakkety Ignored
(end of life)
zesty Ignored
(end of life)
Patches:
other: https://github.com/vadz/libtiff/commit/3144e57770c1e4d26520d8abee750f8ac8b75490

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H