CVE-2017-9815

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CVSS 3.0

6.5 medium

EPSS

2%p74

Published

Jun 22, 2017 (Jun 22, 2017)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

In LibTIFF 4.0.7, the TIFFReadDirEntryLong8Array function in libtiff/tif_dirread.c mishandles a malloc operation, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory leak within the function _TIFFmalloc in tif_unix.c) via a crafted file.

Vendors: libtiff canonical
Products: libtiff, ubuntu linux
Weakness: CWE-772
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (1.6%)

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