CVE-2017-9936

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Published 2017-06-26 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

6.5

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.5

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

75%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-42300 dos linux verified

team OWL337 · 2017-07-06

LibTIFF - 'tif_jbig.c' Denial of Service

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OS impact

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

Ubuntu Affected 2 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
16.04	Affected	—
14.04	Affected	—

Debian Mixed 8 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`4.0.8-3`
sid	Fixed	`4.0.8-3`
forky	Fixed	`4.0.8-3`
bullseye	Fixed	`4.0.8-3`
bookworm	Fixed	`4.0.8-3`
10.0	Affected	—
9.0	Affected	—
8.0	Affected	—

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
libtiff	libtiff	`4.0.8`

References

CWEs

CWE-772

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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