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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-08-18T15:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T18:51:07.225Z

Reserved: 2017-08-18T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-12944

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-08-18T15:29:00.247

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:10:29.047

Link: CVE-2017-12944

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-08-06T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-12944 - Bugzilla