CVE-2017-9937 Denial of service in n/a
A crafted TIFF document causes a memory allocation failure and abort in LibTIFF, leading to remote denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-9937?
CVE-2017-9937 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Libtiff Libtiff, published on 26 Jun 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
In LibTIFF 4.0.8, there is a memory malloc failure in tif_jbig.c. A crafted TIFF document can lead to an abort resulting in a remote denial of service attack.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-9937?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Libtiff Libtiff.
How do I fix CVE-2017-9937?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2017-9937 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-9937 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Libtiff Libtiff
Sources
Also known as AZL-44508, DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9937, ECHO-9d38-6b00-6fe7, GHSA-75hc-fg4q-39vp, MGASA-2022-0449, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9937 and 1 more.