CVE-2017-12944

The TIFFReadDirEntryArray function in tif_read.c in LibTIFF 4.0.8 mishandles memory allocation for short files, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (allocation failure and application crash) in the TIFFFetchStripThing function in tif_dirread.c during a tiff2pdf invocation.

• CWE-770

• http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2725Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3602-1/
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3606-1/
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4100
• http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2725Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3602-1/
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3606-1/
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4100

Published

Aug 18, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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