CVE-2017-16232: High severity tiff vulnerability

Published Mar 17, 2019
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Updated

DISPUTED LibTIFF 4.0.8 has multiple memory leak vulnerabilities, which allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption), as demonstrated by tifopen.c, tiflzw.c, and tifaux.c. NOTE: Third parties were unable to reproduce the issue.

Affected Software

10 affected components
LibTIFF libtiff=4.0.8
openSUSE Leap=42.2
openSUSE Leap=42.3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop=12-sp2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop=12-sp3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server=12-sp2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server=12-sp2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server=12-sp3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit=12-sp2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit=12-sp3

Event History

Mar 17, 2019
CVE Published
via MITRE·04:44 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·04:44 PM
Description
Mar 21, 2019
Disputed
03:59 PM
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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the vulnerability ID for this LibTIFF vulnerability?

The vulnerability ID for this LibTIFF vulnerability is CVE-2017-16232.

2

What is the severity of CVE-2017-16232?

CVE-2017-16232 has a severity rating of high.

3

What is the affected software for CVE-2017-16232?

The affected software for CVE-2017-16232 includes LibTIFF 4.0.8, openSUSE Leap 42.2 and 42.3, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-sp2 and 12-sp3, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-sp2 and 12-sp3, and SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-sp2 and 12-sp3.

4

How does CVE-2017-16232 allow attackers to cause a denial of service?

CVE-2017-16232 allows attackers to cause a denial of service by exploiting multiple memory leak vulnerabilities in LibTIFF 4.0.8.

5

Is CVE-2017-16232 easy to reproduce?

Third parties were unable to reproduce the issue of CVE-2017-16232.

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