Bug 1456756 (CVE-2017-9117) - CVE-2017-9117 libtiff: Heap-based buffer over-read in bmp2tiff
Summary: CVE-2017-9117 libtiff: Heap-based buffer over-read in bmp2tiff
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2017-9117
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1456757 1456758 1456759
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-05-30 10:06 UTC by Adam Mariš
Modified: 2019-09-29 14:13 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2019-06-08 03:13:40 UTC
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Description Adam Mariš 2017-05-30 10:06:17 UTC 
In LibTIFF 4.0.7, the program processes BMP images without verifying that biWidth and biHeight in the bitmap-information header match the actual input, leading to a heap-based buffer over-read in bmp2tiff.

Upstream bug:

http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2690
Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2017-05-30 10:06:41 UTC 
Created libtiff tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1456758]


Created mingw-libtiff tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-7 [bug 1456757]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1456759]
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