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LIN8-6972 : Security Advisory - libtiff - CVE-2017-9815

Created: Jun 29, 2017 Updated: Dec 3, 2018

Resolved Date: Aug 15, 2017

Found In Version: 8.0.0.18

Fix Version: 8.0.0.21

Severity: Standard

Applicable for: Wind River Linux 8

Component/s: Userspace

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.

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9815

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CVE-2017-9815