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).
Published: 2017-05-21
Score: 4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

Analysis and contextual insights are available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

Additional remediation guidance may be available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-18055 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).
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3606-1 LibTIFF vulnerabilities
History

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 20:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00097}

epss

{'score': 0.00098}


Wed, 08 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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. 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).
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}


Tue, 07 Jan 2025 23:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description 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. 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.
References

Subscriptions

Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Libtiff Libtiff
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-01-07T23:52:45.377Z

Reserved: 2017-05-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-9117

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-05-21T19:29:00.187

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-9117

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-05-07T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-9117 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses