CVE-2017-5225

Summary

CVECVE-2017-5225
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-01-12 11:59:00 UTC
Updated2017-11-04 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionLibTIFF version 4.0.7 is vulnerable to a heap buffer overflow in the tools/tiffcp resulting in DoS or code execution via a crafted BitsPerSample value.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libtiff Libtiff 4.0.7 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 4.0.7 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
LibTIFF Heap Overflow in tiffcp() in Processing Files Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
* tools/tiffcp.c: error out cleanly in cpContig2SeparateByRow and · vadz/libtiff@5c08029 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch
LibTIFF CVE-2017-5225 Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Bug 2656 – Heap based buffer overflow in tools/tiffcp CONFIRM bugzilla.maptools.org Exploit, Issue Tracking
libTIFF: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201709-27) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Bug 2657 – Heap based buffer overflow in tools/tiffcp CONFIRM bugzilla.maptools.org Exploit, Issue Tracking
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3844-1 tiff DEBIAN www.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500693 Alpine Linux Security Update for tiff
  • 504462 Alpine Linux Security Update for tiff
  • 710406 Gentoo Linux libTIFF Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201709-27)
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