CVE-2017-12944
Estado: ModificadaAlta (7.5)—
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.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.0
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Puntuación base: 7.5
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 2.67%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 85
- Fecha de la puntuación: 7/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-770
Referencias
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2725
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3602-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3606-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4100
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2725
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3602-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3606-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4100
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