CVE-2017-9117

MEDIUM
4
CVSS Score
Published: May 21, 2017 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:27 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsUbuntu LinuxLibTIFF

Using LibTIFF by LibTIFF?

Get instant alerts when new vulnerabilities affect LibTIFF - before attackers find them.

Real-time alertsTrack your software stackFree plan available
Severity
MEDIUM4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

In LibTIFF 4.0.6 and possibly other versions, the program processes BMP images without verifying that biWidth and biHeight in the bitmap-information header match the actual input, as demonstrated by a heap-based buffer over-read in bmp2tiff. NOTE: mentioning bmp2tiff does not imply that the activation point is in the bmp2tiff.c file (which was removed before the 4.0.7 release).

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (4)

CVSS

4MEDIUMmitre
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125

Get alerted

Stop reading CVE feeds looking for your own stack

Track the products you run and VulnTracker tells you when a new CVE affects them — with what is known about fixing it, and nothing about the rest.

Free plan, no card