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CVE-2017-16232

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-03-21 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-772

Description

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

Affected products

• libtiff: 4.0.8
• openSUSE Leap: 42.2, 42.3
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1: 12-sp2, 12-sp3
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: 12-sp2, 12-sp3
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit: 12-sp2, 12-sp3

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00036.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00041.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/150896/LibTIFF-4.0.8-Memory-Leak.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Dec/32
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Dec/47
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/11
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/3
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/7
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/01/8
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101696
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00036.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00041.html

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