CVE-2017-16232

Summary

CVECVE-2017-16232
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-03-21 15:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:40:00 UTC
Description** 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-772

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
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.3 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.3 All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 sp2 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 sp2 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 sp2 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 sp2 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 sp2 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 sp2 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 sp2 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 sp2 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 sp3 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Full Disclosure: Re: LibTIFF 4.0.8 has multiple memory leak vulnerabilities (CVE-2017-16232) MISC seclists.org Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2018:0097-1: important: Security update MISC lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
oss-security - CVE-2017-16231: PCRE 8.41 match() stack overflow; CVE-2017-16232: LibTIFF 4.0.8 memory leaks MISC www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
LibTIFF CVE-2017-16232 Multiple Local Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities MISC www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
oss-security - Re: CVE-2017-16231: PCRE 8.41 match() stack overflow; CVE-2017-16232: LibTIFF 4.0.8 memory leaks MISC www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Full Disclosure: LibTIFF 4.0.8 has multiple memory leak vulnerabilities (CVE-2017-16232) MISC seclists.org Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE-2017-16231: PCRE 8.41 match() stack overflow; CVE-2017-16232: LibTIFF 4.0.8 memory leaks MISC www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2018:0073-1: important: Security update for MISC lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE-2017-16231: PCRE 8.41 match() stack overflow; CVE-2017-16232: LibTIFF 4.0.8 memory leaks MISC www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
LibTIFF 4.0.8 Memory Leak ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500696 Alpine Linux Security Update for tiff
  • 504465 Alpine Linux Security Update for tiff
  • 670306 EulerOS Security Update for compat-libtiff3 (EulerOS-SA-2021-1770)
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