Memory Leak Vulnerability in LibTIFF 4.0.7

CVE-2017-9815 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

In LibTIFF 4.0.7, the TIFFReadDirEntryLong8Array function in libtiff/tif_dirread.c mishandles a malloc operation, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory leak within the function _TIFFmalloc in tif_unix.c) via a crafted file.

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