CVE-2017-16232
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
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 5.43% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 92.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2019-03-17 16:44Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 20:20Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-10-30
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 502ab31727c2c893e8970de3043faa6dd2ceebbcd4dc29cb1911bb92ec2bb9a9
05 Affected products
06 References
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/150896/LibTIFF-4.0.8-Memory-Leak.html
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/11
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/3
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/7
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/8
- lists.opensuse.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00036.html
- lists.opensuse.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00041.html
- seclists.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Dec/32
- seclists.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Dec/47
- www.securityfocus.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101696
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- tiff No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- tiff No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- tiff No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- tiff No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS
- tiff No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS
- tiff No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.