#VU10310 Buffer over-read in LibTIFF - CVE-2017-17942 

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#VU10310 Buffer over-read in LibTIFF - CVE-2017-17942

Published: December 28, 2017 / Updated: January 29, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU10310
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-17942
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
LibTIFF
Software vendor:
LibTIFF

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to heap-based buffer over-read in the function PackBitsEncode in tif_packbits.c. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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