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CVE-2017-7601 (GCVE-0-2017-7601)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-04-09 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 16:04
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Summary
LibTIFF 4.0.7 has a "shift exponent too large for 64-bit type long" undefined behavior issue, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted image.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/01/libtiff-m… x_refsource_MISC
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3844 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97511 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-27 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3602-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
Date Public
2017-04-09 00:00
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