CVE-2017-5849

Summary

CVECVE-2017-5849
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-03-15 19:59:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
Descriptiontiffttopnm in netpbm 10.47.63 does not properly use the libtiff TIFFRGBAImageGet function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and write) via a crafted tiff image file, related to transposing width and height values.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 5.5 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-125 | CWE-787 | n/a


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary5.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 24 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 25 All All All
Application Netpbm Project Netpbm 10.47.63 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 2654 – Out-of-Bound read and write issue that can occur in function putgreytile()(tiff-4.0.7/libtiff/tif-getimage.c:1288) that called by tiffttopnm(netpbm 10.47.63). af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.maptools.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Bug 2655 – Out-of-Bound read and write issue that can occur in function put1bitbwtile()(tiff-4.0.7/libtiff/tif-getimage.c:1352) that called by tiffttopnm(netpbm 10.47.63). af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.maptools.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
netpbm CVE-2017-5849 Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 24 Update: netpbm-10.77.00-3.fc24 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 25 Update: netpbm-10.77.00-3.fc25 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
oss-security - Re: CVE request: Out-of-Bound read and write issues in put1bitbwtile()(tiff-4.0.7/libtiff/tif-getimage.c:1352) and putgreytile()(tiff-4.0.7/libtiff/tif-getimage.c:1288) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 25 Update: netpbm-10.77.00-3.fc25 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MITRE lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 24 Update: netpbm-10.77.00-3.fc24 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MITRE lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 671079 EulerOS Security Update for netpbm (EulerOS-SA-2019-2426)
  • 755735 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for netpbm (SUSE-SU-2024:0435-1)
  • 755736 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for netpbm (SUSE-SU-2024:0434-1)

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