CVE-2017-9936

Summary

CVECVE-2017-9936
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-06-26 12:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionIn LibTIFF 4.0.8, there is a memory leak in tif_jbig.c. A crafted TIFF document can lead to a memory leak resulting in a remote denial of service attack.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-772

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 4.0.8 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 4.0.8 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
LibTIFF - 'tif_jbig.c' Denial of Service - Linux dos Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
USN-3602-1: LibTIFF vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3903-1 tiff DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
LibTIFF 'tif_jbig.c' Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Bug 2706 – CVE-2017-9936: There is a memory leak in tif_jbig.c of the libtiff library. MISC bugzilla.maptools.org Issue Tracking
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500695 Alpine Linux Security Update for tiff
  • 504464 Alpine Linux Security Update for tiff

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