| Name | CVE-2017-9937 |
| Description | In LibTIFF 4.0.8, there is a memory malloc failure in tif_jbig.c. A crafted TIFF document can lead to an abort resulting in a remote denial of service attack. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 869708 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| jbigkit (PTS) | jessie, buster, bullseye, stretch | 2.1-3.1 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie, bookworm | 2.1-6.1 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| jbigkit | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | 869708 |
Notes
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2707
The CVE was assigned for src:tiff by MITRE, but the issue actually lies
in jbigkit itself.