CVE-2017-13726

Summary

CVECVE-2017-13726
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-08-29 06:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionThere is a reachable assertion abort in the function TIFFWriteDirectorySec() in LibTIFF 4.0.8, related to tif_dirwrite.c and a SubIFD tag. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-617

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libtiff Libtiff 4.0.8 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 4.0.8 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-3602-1: LibTIFF vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Bug 2727 – There is a reachable assertion abort in function TIFFWriteDirectorySec() of libtiff. A crafted input will lead to remote denial of attack. MISC bugzilla.maptools.org Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4100-1 tiff DEBIAN www.debian.org
LibTIFF 'tif_dirwrite.c' Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 690246 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for libtiff (9b5a905f-e556-452f-a00c-8f070a086181)

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