CVE-2017-9936

high-risk
Published 2017-06-26

In LibTIFF 4.0.8, there is a memory leak in tif_jbig.c. A crafted TIFF document can lead to a memory leak resulting in a remote denial of service attack.

Do I need to act?

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5.9% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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1 public exploit available
42300
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
6
CVSS 6.5/10 Medium
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (6)

Affected Vendors

Libtiff Debian Canonical

References (10)

Issue Tracking http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2706
Third Party Advisory http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3903
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99300
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3602-1/
Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42300/
Issue Tracking http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2706
Third Party Advisory http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3903
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99300
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3602-1/
Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42300/
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/ 100
high-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 16/34 · Moderate
Exposure 13/34 · Low