CVE-2017-9117
Published: 21 May 2017
In LibTIFF 4.0.7, the program processes BMP images without verifying that biWidth and biHeight in the bitmap-information header match the actual input, leading to a heap-based buffer over-read in bmp2tiff.
Notes
Author | Note |
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sbeattie | likely only affects bmp2tiff binary, which was removed in 4.0.7 or 4.0.8 |
mdeslaur | proposed patch in upstream bug bmp2tiff removed in recent versions same fix as CVE-2017-5563 we will not be fixing this issue in precise/esm |
Priority
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
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Base score | 9.8 |
Attack vector | Network |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | None |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | High |
Integrity impact | High |
Availability impact | High |
Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |