CVE-2017-10688

7.5 HIGH

Published: June 29, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026

Description

In LibTIFF 4.0.8, there is a assertion abort in the TIFFWriteDirectoryTagCheckedLong8Array function in tif_dirwrite.c. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

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

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2712

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3903

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99359

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3602-1/

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42299/

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2712