CVE-2017-5225

8.8 HIGH

Published: January 12, 2017 Modified: March 02, 2026

Description

LibTIFF version 4.0.7 is vulnerable to a heap buffer overflow in the tools/tiffcp resulting in DoS or code execution via a crafted BitsPerSample value.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2656

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Issue Tracking

http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2657

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Issue Tracking

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3844

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95413

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037911

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://github.com/vadz/libtiff/commit/5c080298d59efa53264d7248bbe3a04660db6ef7

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-27

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2656