CVE-2017-9147 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

LibTIFF 4.0.7 has an invalid read in the _TIFFVGetField function in tif_dir.c, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted TIFF file.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Libtiff	Libtiff

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:4.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2693
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3903
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98594
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9147
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3606-1/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9147
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42301/

History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.03294}`	epss `{'score': 0.06358}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-05-22T18:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:55:22.365Z

Reserved: 2017-05-22T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-9147

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-05-22T18:29:00.253

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-9147

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-05-12T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-9147 - Bugzilla

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