Medium 4.0Published May 21, 2017

CVE-2017-9117In 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…

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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).

CVSS: 4.0 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Weakness (CWE): CWE-125
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

libtiff libtiff libtiff:libtiff	4.0.7	NVD
canonical ubuntu_linux canonical:ubuntu_linux	14.04; 16.04; 17.10	NVD

References

References

http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2690	exploit, issue-tracking, third-party-advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98581	third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/89
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3606-1/	third-party-advisory

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