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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

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.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 5.37%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.37%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

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 parties were unable to reproduce the issue

CVSS 3.0
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
5.37% probability · 92th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-772
Affected
libtiff/libtiff · opensuse/leap · suse/linux enterprise desktop · suse/linux enterprise server · suse/linux enterprise software development kit
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.