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Status published
Medium
CVE-2017-9117
In LibTIFF 4.0.6 and possibly other versions, the program processes...
Vulnerability Description
In LibTIFF 4.0.6 and possibly other versions, the program processes BMP images without verifying that biWidth and biHeight in the bitmap-information header match the actual input, as demonstrated by a heap-based buffer over-read in bmp2tiff. NOTE: mentioning bmp2tiff does not imply that the activation point is in the bmp2tiff.c file (which was removed before the 4.0.7 release).
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
Affected Vendor
LibTIFF
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LibTIFF
Vulnerable Versions:
4.0.6
Timeline
Official Publish:
May 21st, 2017
Last Modified:
January 7th, 2025
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L