Out-of-Bounds Read in LibTIFF (CVE-2017-9117)
Summary
Vulnerability in LibTIFF (CVE-2017-9117). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
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).
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2017-9117 has been found in LibTIFF.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 4.0/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "LibTIFF CVE-2017-9117" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2017-9117 (LibTIFF) — CWE-125 / CVSS v3 4.0
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
Out-of-bounds read (CWE-125) exists in LibTIFF.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of LibTIFF.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 4.0/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'LibTIFF' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'LibTIFF' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
LibTIFFを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9117 tiff Fixed in: 4.0.7-1
References
- advisory securityfocus.com
- advisory usn.ubuntu.com
- report bugzilla.maptools.org
- report gitlab.com